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我 wǒ

  1. wǒ pronoun I / me / my
    Domain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
    Notes: 我 is used as a first person pronoun in both modern (NCCED '我' 1) and literary Chinese. For example, in modern Chinese: 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) In literary Chinese, 我 was used as a first person pronoun as early as preclassical times in the Shang Dynasty (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 76). 我 is the fifth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho, 2002, '我').
  2. wǒ noun self / ātman / attan
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: From Sanskrit: ātman, Pali: attan; Japanese: ga; the agent controlling the mind and body that passes from lifetime to lifetime, in contrast to anātman (BL 'ātman'; FGDB '我')
  3. wǒ pronoun our
    Domain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
    Notes: For example, 我国 'our country' (Ho, 2002, '我'; NCCED '我' 2)

Contained in

我们 、 我国 、 无我 、 自我 、 我人 、 我等 、 我执 、 我见 、 观法无我 、 如是我闻 、 我相 、 超我 、 本我 、 五空泽问我乐 、 我语取 、 非我 、 外道问圣大乘法无我义经 、 尼干子问无我义经

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CollectionDocument TitleOccurrences
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords 199
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States 118
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《趙世家》 House of Zhao 60
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《魏世家》 House of Wei 46
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I 42
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《楚世家》 House of Chu 39
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《晉世家》 House of Jin 34
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《韓世家》 House of Han 33
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》 《公孫丑章句上》 Commentary on Gong Sun Chou I 27
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》 《子罕第九》 Commentary on Zi Han IX 26

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ExampleSourceOccurrences
孟孫問孝於我 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng in The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 2
我愛其禮 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi in The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 3
我未見好仁者 4. 《里仁》 Li Ren in The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 3
從我者其由與 5. 《公冶長》Gong Ye Chang in The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 4
善為我辭焉 6. 《雍也》 Yong Ye in The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 3
我未之前聞也 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 19
我吊也與哉 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 14
不可從我始 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 1
夢帝與我九齡 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 8
我欲觀夏道 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 3
我決起而飛 《內篇‧逍遙遊》 Inner Chapters - Enjoyment in Untroubled Ease in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 7
今者吾喪我 《齊物論》 The Adjustment of Controversies in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 23
嘗以語我來 《人間世》 Man in the World, Associated with other Men in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 4
我先出 《德充符》 The Seal of Virtue Complete in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 9
滀乎進我色也 《大宗師》 The Great and Most Honoured Master in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 22
今子欲以子之梁國而嚇我邪 Selections from Zhuang Zi in Selections of Literary Chinese Prose 1
我所欲也 Selections from Mencius in Selections of Literary Chinese Prose 9
我也 《釋詁》 Explanation of Old Words in Er Ya 《爾雅》 1
謂我舅者 《釋親》 Explanation of Family Relations in Er Ya 《爾雅》 1
既差我馬 《釋畜》 Explanation of Domestic Animals in Er Ya 《爾雅》 1
我思舜正郁陶 《本紀‧五帝本紀》 Annals - Annals of the Five Emperors in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 1
我君不恤我眾 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 9
民之在我 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 18
昔我先酈山之女 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 20
我布衣 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 13