大乘
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Chinese[edit]
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride | ||
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trad. (大乘) | 大 | 乘 | |
simp. #(大乘) | 大 | 乘 | |
Literally: “great vehicle”. |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
大乘
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 大乘佛教 (Dàchéng Fójiào)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- 上座部 (Shàngzuòbù)
References[edit]
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “大乘” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Further reading[edit]
- 大乘佛教 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Mahayana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 乘 |
だい Grade: 1 |
じょう Jinmeiyō |
goon |
For pronunciation and definitions of 大乘 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 大乘, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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大 | 乘 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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大 | 乘 |
Noun[edit]
大乘
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