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There are 7 total results for your 須臾 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

須臾


须臾

see styles
xū yú
    xu1 yu2
hsü yü
 shuyu; suyu(ok)
    しゅゆ; すゆ(ok)
in a flash; in a jiffy
(n,adv) (See 暫く・しばらく・1) moment; instant; short amount of time
A kṣaṇa, a moment.

四須臾


四须臾

see styles
sì xū yú
    si4 xu1 yu2
ssu hsü yü
 shi shuyu
The four short divisions of time: a wink; a snap of the fingers; 羅預 a lava, 20 finger-snaps; and 須臾 kṣaṇa, said to be 20 lava; but a lava is 'the sixtieth of a twinkling' (M. W. ) and a kṣaṇa an instant.

須臾之間

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xū yú zhī jiān
    xu1 yu2 zhi1 jian1
hsü yü chih chien
split second

須臾之頃

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xū yú zhī kuǐ
    xu1 yu2 zhi1 kui3
hsü yü chih k`uei
    hsü yü chih kuei
an instant

瞬息須臾


瞬息须臾

see styles
shùn xī xū yú
    shun4 xi1 xu1 yu2
shun hsi hsü yü
 shunsoku shuyu
a moment

Variations:
暫く(P)
姑く
暫らく(io)
須臾

see styles
 shibaraku
    しばらく
(adv,vs) (1) (kana only) for a moment; for a minute; (adverb) (2) (kana only) for a while; for some time; (adverb) (3) (kana only) for the time being; for now; (interjection) (4) (kana only) it's been a long time; long time no see

Variations:
暫く(P)
暫らく(io)
姑く(rK)
須臾(rK)

see styles
 shibaraku
    しばらく
(adv,vs) (1) (kana only) for a moment; for a minute; (adverb) (2) (kana only) for a while; for some time; (adverb) (3) (kana only) for the time being; for now; (interjection) (4) (kana only) it's been a long time; long time no see

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

This page contains 7 results for "須臾" 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

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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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