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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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guàn
    guan4
kuan
 kan
Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
vipaśyanā; vidarśanā. To look into, study, examine, contemplate; contemplation, insight; a study, a Taoist monastery; to consider illusion and discern illusion, or discern the seeming from the real; to contemplate and mentally enter into truth. 覺 is defined as awakening, or awareness, 觀 as examination or study. It is also an old tr. of the word Yoga; and cf. 禪 17. Guan is especially a doctrine of the Tiantai school as shown in the 止觀 q.v.

不觀


不观

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bù guān
    bu4 guan1
pu kuan
 fu kan
does not contemplate

沉思

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chén sī
    chen2 si1
ch`en ssu
    chen ssu
to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation

緣理


缘理

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yuán lǐ
    yuan2 li3
yüan li
 enri
To study, or reason on fundamental principles; to contemplate ultimate reality, cf. 緣事.

觀佛


观佛

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guān fó
    guan1 fo2
kuan fo
 kanbutsu
To contemplate, or meditate upon, Buddha.

觀念


观念

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guān niàn
    guan1 nian4
kuan nien
 kannen
notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
To look into and think over, contemplate and ponder.

觀解


观解

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guān jiě
    guan1 jie3
kuan chieh
 kange
To contemplate ultimate reality and unravel or expound it.

觀諦


观谛

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guān dì
    guan1 di4
kuan ti
 kantai
to contemplate the truths

觀象


观象

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guān xiàng
    guan1 xiang4
kuan hsiang
 kanzō
Describing an elephant from sight rather than 摸觀, as would a blind man, from feeling it; i.e. immediate and correct knowledge.

隨觀


随观

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suí guān
    sui2 guan1
sui kuan
 zuikan
accordingly contemplate

顧る

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; (2) to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review; (3) to reflect on oneself; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; (4) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about; to pay attention to; to take into consideration

默念

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mò niàn
    mo4 nian4
mo nien
to read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself; to contemplate inwardly

不觀察


不观察

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bù guān chá
    bu4 guan1 cha2
pu kuan ch`a
    pu kuan cha
 fu kansatsu
does not contemplate

企てる

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 kuwadateru
    くわだてる
(transitive verb) (1) to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate; (transitive verb) (2) to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (transitive verb) (3) (archaism) to stand on tip-toes

善觀察


善观察

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shàn guān chá
    shan4 guan1 cha2
shan kuan ch`a
    shan kuan cha
 zen kansatsu
skillfully analyze (ascertain, observe, contemplate)

數思惟


数思惟

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shuò sī wéi
    shuo4 si1 wei2
shuo ssu wei
 saku shiyui
to repeatedly contemplate

省みる

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(transitive verb) (See 顧みる・1) to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect

観じる

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 kanjiru
    かんじる
(Ichidan verb) (See 観ずる) to view; to contemplate

観ずる

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 kanzuru
    かんずる
(vz,vt) (See 観じる) to view; to contemplate

觀四諦


观四谛

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guān sì dì
    guan1 si4 di4
kuan ssu ti
 kan shitai
contemplate the four truths

阿耶羅


阿耶罗

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ā yé luó
    a1 ye2 luo2
a yeh lo
 ayara
āyanā has the same meaning as 阿耶, but is intp. by 觀 to contemplate, look into.

顧みる

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(transitive verb) (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; (2) to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review; (3) to reflect on oneself; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; (4) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about; to pay attention to; to take into consideration

不堪設想


不堪设想

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bù kān shè xiǎng
    bu4 kan1 she4 xiang3
pu k`an she hsiang
    pu kan she hsiang
too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable

反照觀察


反照观察

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fǎn zhào guān chá
    fan3 zhao4 guan1 cha2
fan chao kuan ch`a
    fan chao kuan cha
 honshō kansatsu
illumine and contemplate thoroughly

如理觀察


如理观察

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rú lǐ guān chá
    ru2 li3 guan1 cha2
ju li kuan ch`a
    ju li kuan cha
 nyori kansatsu
correctly contemplate

思い入る

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 omoiiru / omoiru
    おもいいる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to ponder; to contemplate

思量無我


思量无我

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sī liáng wú wǒ
    si1 liang2 wu2 wo3
ssu liang wu wo
 shiryō muga
to contemplate selflessness

觀像念佛


观像念佛

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guān xiàng niàn fó
    guan1 xiang4 nian4 fo2
kuan hsiang nien fo
 kanzō nenbutsu
To contemplate the image of (Amitābha) Buddha and repeat his name.

觀察學斷


观察学断

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guān chá xué duàn
    guan1 cha2 xue2 duan4
kuan ch`a hsüeh tuan
    kuan cha hsüeh tuan
 kansatsu gaku dan
to contemplate, train, and eliminates [afflictions]

觀想念佛


观想念佛

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guān xiǎng niàn fó
    guan1 xiang3 nian4 fo2
kuan hsiang nien fo
 kansō nenbutsu
To contemplate Buddha (especially Amitābha) in the mind and repeat his name.

觀十二因緣


观十二因缘

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guān shí èr yīn yuán
    guan1 shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
kuan shih erh yin yüan
 kan jūni innen
contemplate the twelve limbs of dependent arising

善勇猛如理觀察


善勇猛如理观察

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shàn yǒng měng rú lǐ guān chá
    shan4 yong3 meng3 ru2 li3 guan1 cha2
shan yung meng ju li kuan ch`a
    shan yung meng ju li kuan cha
 zen yōmōn yori kansatsu
to skillfully and boldly contemplate according to reality

Variations:
思いを巡らす
思いをめぐらす

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 omoiomegurasu
    おもいをめぐらす
(exp,v5s) to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

Variations:
考える(P)
勘える
稽える

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 kangaeru
    かんがえる
(transitive verb) (1) to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on); (transitive verb) (2) to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration; (transitive verb) (3) to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect; (transitive verb) (4) to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan; (transitive verb) (5) to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine; (transitive verb) (6) to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise; (transitive verb) (7) to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view

Variations:
考えを巡らす
考えをめぐらす

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 kangaeomegurasu
    かんがえをめぐらす
(exp,v5s) (See 巡らす・めぐらす・3) to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

Variations:
思いを巡らせる
思いをめぐらせる

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 omoiomeguraseru
    おもいをめぐらせる
(exp,v1) to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

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

This page contains 36 results for "contemplate" 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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