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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
shàn
    shan4
shan
 sen
to support; to provide for
To supply; supplied, enough; translit. jam.

贍部


赡部

see styles
shàn bù
    shan4 bu4
shan pu
 senbu
jambū, 'a fruit tree, the rose apple, Eugenia jambolana, or another species of Eugenia.' M.W. Also 部提; 閻浮; 剡浮; 譫浮; also applied to Jambudvīpa.

贍養


赡养

see styles
shàn yǎng
    shan4 yang3
shan yang
to support; to provide support for; to maintain

富贍

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 fusen
    ふせん
affluence

贍部提


赡部提

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shàn bù tí
    shan4 bu4 ti2
shan pu t`i
    shan pu ti
 Senbudai
Jambudvīpa

贍部洲


赡部洲

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shàn bù zhōu
    shan4 bu4 zhou1
shan pu chou
 senbushū
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms.

贍部金


赡部金

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shàn bù jīn
    shan4 bu4 jin1
shan pu chin
 senbu kon
(部) jambūnada, the produce of the river Jambūnadī, i.e. gold, hence 部光像is an image of golden glory, especially the image of Śākyamuni attributed to Anathapiṇḍaka.

贍養費


赡养费

see styles
shàn yǎng fèi
    shan4 yang3 fei4
shan yang fei
alimony; child support; maintenance allowance

南贍部


南赡部

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nán shàn bù
    nan2 shan4 bu4
nan shan pu
 Nansenbu
Jambū-dvipa

贍部洲中


赡部洲中

see styles
shàn bù zhōu zhōng
    shan4 bu4 zhou1 zhong1
shan pu chou chung
 senbushū chū
in Jambudvīpa

南贍部洲


南赡部洲

see styles
nán shàn bù zhōu
    nan2 shan4 bu4 zhou1
nan shan pu chou
 nansenbushū
Jambudvipa
南閻浮提 Jambūdvīpa. One of the four continents, that situated south of Mt. Meru, comprising the world known to the early Indians. Also 南州; 南浮; 南部.

贍部捺陀金


赡部捺陀金

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shàn bù nà tuó jīn
    shan4 bu4 na4 tuo2 jin1
shan pu na t`o chin
    shan pu na to chin
 senbu nada kon
jambūnadasuvarṇa, the gold from the Jambūnadī river.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "贍" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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