经 (經) jīng
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jīng
verb
to go through; to experience
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 经 jīng is synonymous in this sense with 经过 jīngguò. For example, 经研究发现 'after research, discovered ...' (Gu Sou Henan, 2015-10-15) This example can be generalized to the pattern 经 (process) (state S) 'go through process P to arrive at state S.' In the example, the process is 研究 'research' and the state was that something was 发现 'discovered.' The subject is implied. The valency is three. 经 jīng also chains verbs together. Notice in the example that both arguments, 研究 'research' and 发现 'discover' are verbs. 经 jīng is the 97th most frequent word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '经'). 经 jīng is also used in this sense in classical Chinese (GHDC 2007 '经' 9; Guoyu '經' v 4). For example, 熊經鳥申 'passing their time like the (dormant) bear, and stretching and twisting (the neck) like a bird' (Zhuangzi, Ingrained Ideas 莊子‧刻意; Legge 1891) -
jīng
noun
a sutra; a scripture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Buddhism (Guoyu '經' n 7). -
jīng
noun
warp
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A set of lengthwise threads held in tension on a loom, as opposed to 纬 'warp' (GHDC 2007 '经' 1; Guoyu '經' n 1). For example, in the Book of Changes 周易: 雲,雷,屯;君子以經綸。“(The trigram representing) clouds and (that representing) thunder form Zhun. The superior man, in accordance with this, (adjusts his measures of government) as in sorting the threads of the warp and woof.” (Legge, 1899, Xiang Zhuan - Zhun) -
jīng
noun
longitude
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: 经 jīng is synonymous with 经度 jīngdù in this sense, as opposed to 纬度 wěidù 'latitude.' North-south lines on the map or on the earth (GHDC 2007 '经' 2; Guoyu '經' n 2). -
jīng
adverb
often; regularly; frequently
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as jīngcháng, 正常 zhèngcháng, 寻常 xúncháng (GHDC 2007 '经' 4; Guoyu '經' adv). For example, 若晝夜之有經 'So it is with the regular phenomena of day and night' (Zhuangzi, The Way of Heaven 莊子‧天道; Legge 1891) -
jīng
verb
to administer; to engage in business; to run; to operate; to manage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as 经营 jīngyíng or 治理 zhìlǐ (GHDC 2007 '经' 7; Guoyu '經' v 3). -
jīng
noun
a woman's period
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '經' n 9) -
jīng
verb
to bear; to endure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as 承受 or 忍受 (Guoyu '經' v 5). -
jīng
verb
to hang; to die by hanging
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as 上吊 or 缢死 (GHDC 2007 '经' 10; Guoyu '經' v 6). For example, 二女皆經自殺 'The two ladies took their own lives by hanging themselves.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) -
jīng
noun
classics
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
Notes: One of the four traditional classifications of literary genre: 经 classics, 子 masters, 史 histories, and 集 collections (Guoyu '經' n 6; Li 2017, p. 163) -
jīng
verb
to be frugal; to save
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as 节约. -
jīng
noun
a classic; a scripture; canon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is the same as 经书 or 经典 (GHDC 2007 '经' 5). Prototypical examples are 诗经 The Book of Songs and 孝經 Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety). Giles: ‘The “Canon” of Confucianism. The sūtras of Buddhism and Taoism.’ (Giles 1892 '經') For example, 於是繙十二經以說 'On this he proceeded to give an abstract of the Twelve Classics to bring the other over to his views.' (Zhuangzi, The Way of Heaven 莊子‧天道; Legge 1891) Also, 俱誦墨經 'all repeated the texts of Mo' (Zhuangzi, Tian Xia 莊子‧天下; Legge 1891) Multi-character words related to this sense include 经训, 经术, 经传, and 经典. -
jīng
noun
a standard; a norm
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 经 is has the same meaning as 常道 chángdào or 规范 guīfàn (GHDC 2007 '经' 3). For example, 君人者,以己出經式義度 'when rulers gave forth their regulations according to their own views and enacted righteous measures ...' (Zhuangzi, The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings 莊子‧應帝王; Legge 1891) -
jīng
noun
a section of a Confucian work
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2007 '经' 6) -
jīng
verb
to measure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 经 jīng is synonymous with 测量 cèliáng in this sense (GHDC 2007 '经' 8). -
jīng
noun
human pulse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 经 jīng is synonymous with 经脉 jīngmài in this sense (GHDC 2007 '经' 11). -
jīng
noun
menstruation; a woman's period
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 经 jīng is synonymous with 月经 yuèjīng in this sense (GHDC 2007 '经' 12).
Contained in
- 过去经验(過去經驗) past experience
- 身经百战(身經百戰) veteran of a hundred battles; experienced; seasoned
- 基底神经节孙损伤(基底神經節孫損傷) basal ganglia lesions
- 月经垫(月經墊) sanitary towel; menopad
- 上经(上經) superior scripture
- 副交感神经系统(副交感神經系統) parasympathetic nervous system
- 经济体制(經濟體制) economic system
- 不见经传(不見經傳) not found in the classics; unknown; unfounded; not authoritative
- 停经(停經) to stop menstruating
- 经济前途(經濟前途) economic future; economic outlook
- 经由(經由) via; by way of
- 经济系(經濟系) Department of Economics
- 经纬线(經緯線) lines of latitude and longitude
- 神经纤维(神經纖維) neurofibril
- 经幡(經幡) Tibetan prayer flag
- 天经地义(天經地義) right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- 闭经(閉經) amenorrhoea
- 礼物经济(禮物經濟) gift economy
- 般若波罗密多心经(般若波羅密多心經) Heart Sutra
- 神经学(神經學) neurology
- 经济舱(經濟艙) economy class
- 自经(自經) to hang oneself
- 道德经(道德經) Daode Jing; Tao Te Ching
- 通经(通經) conversant with the Confucian classics ; to stimulate menstrual flow
- 经传(經傳) classic work
- 神经心理学(神經心理學) neuropsychology
- 神经科学(神經科學) neuroscience
- 塔木德经(塔木德經) Talmud
- 神经系统(神經系統) nervous system
- 经验(經驗) experience ; to experience
- 日经(日經) Nikkei; Nikkei 225 ; Nikkei / Nikkei Shimbun
- 必经(必經) unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)
- 次经(次經) non-canonical text; dubious classic text; Apocrypha
- 经济座(經濟座) economy seat
- 离经叛道(離經叛道) to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
- 生意经(生意經) knack of doing business; business sense
- 神经生物学(神經生物學) neurobiology
- 武经七书(武經七書) Seven Military Classics
- 圣经(聖經) a holy scripture ; The Holy Bible
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- 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 93
- 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 87
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Collocations
- 经十 (經十) 經十有一年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 53
- 经二十 (經二十) 經二十年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 19
- 经四 (經四) 經四年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 经五 (經五) 經五年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 经七 (經七) 經七年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 经九 (經九) 經九年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 经六 (經六) 經六年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 经十年 (經十年) 經十年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 经八 (經八) 經八年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 经三 (經三) 經三年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7