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There are 15 total results for your 居士 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

居士

see styles
jū shì
    ju1 shi4
chü shih
 koji
    こじ
(1) {Buddh} (See 大姉・だいし) grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); (2) private-sector scholar
倶欏鉢底; 迦羅越 kulapati. A chief, head of a family; squire, landlord. A householder who practises Buddhism at home without becoming a monk. The female counterpart is 女居士. The 居士傳 is a compilation giving the biography of many devout Buddhists.

女居士

see styles
nǚ jū shì
    nv3 ju1 shi4
nü chü shih
 nyokoji
A lay woman who devotes herself to Buddhism.

禿居士


秃居士

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tū jū shì
    tu1 ju1 shi4
t`u chü shih
    tu chü shih
 toku koji
baldie— monk or nun

龐居士

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páng jū shì
    pang2 ju1 shi4
p`ang chü shih
    pang chü shih
Layman Pang

居士佛教

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jū shì fó jiào
    ju1 shi4 fo2 jiao4
chü shih fo chiao
 koji bukkyō
to lay Buddhism

一言居士

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 ichigenkoji; ichigonkoji
    いちげんこじ; いちごんこじ
(yoji) person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic

夢遊居士

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 muyuukoji / muyukoji
    むゆうこじ
(given name) Muyūkoji

慎重居士

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 shinchoukoji / shinchokoji
    しんちょうこじ
(yoji) very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person

淨名居士

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jìng míng jū shì
    jing4 ming2 ju1 shi4
ching ming chü shih
 Jōmyō Koji
Vimalakīrti

火種居士


火种居士

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huǒ zhǒng jū shì
    huo3 zhong3 ju1 shi4
huo chung chü shih
 Kashu koji
Brahmans, servers of the sacred fire.

玄鑑居士


玄鉴居士

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xuán jiàn jū shì
    xuan2 jian4 ju1 shi4
hsüan chien chü shih
 Genkan koji
An Indian, the patron of an Indian monk Dharmapāla, author of the 唯識釋論. After his death the patron gave the MS. to Xuanzang.

直言居士

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 chokugenkoji
    ちょくげんこじ
straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

維摩居士


维摩居士

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wéi mó jū shì
    wei2 mo2 ju1 shi4
wei mo chü shih
 Yuima Koji
the Layman Vimalakīrti

負舂居士


负舂居士

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fù chōng jū shì
    fu4 chong1 ju1 shi4
fu ch`ung chü shih
    fu chung chü shih
 fushō kyoshi
layman of the pestle: Huineng

長者居士


长者居士

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zhǎng zhě jū shì
    zhang3 zhe3 ju1 shi4
chang che chü shih
 chōsha kyoshi
a lay person

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

This page contains 15 results for "居士" 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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