Chinese Notes

释 (釋) yì shì

shì verb to release / to set free
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 放开 (Guoyu '釋' v 3; Kroll '釋' 1; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 4)
shì verb to explain / to interpret
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 说明; for example, 解释 'explain' (Guoyu '釋' v 1; Kroll '釋' 3; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 1)
shì verb to remove / to dispell / to clear up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 解除 or 消散; for example, 如释重负 'as if relieved from a heavy burden' (Guoyu '釋' v 2; Kroll '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 2)
shì verb to give up / to abandon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 舍弃 or 抛弃 (Guoyu '釋' v 4; Kroll '釋' 1a)
shì verb to put down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 放下 or 放开 (Kroll '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 3)
shì verb to resolve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '釋' 2a)
shì verb to melt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 溶化 or 消融 (Kroll '釋' 2)
shì proper noun Śakra / Indra
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (Ding '釋')
shì proper noun Śākyamuni
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 釋迦牟尼. See 釋迦牟尼 (Guoyu '釋' n 1; Kroll '釋' 4; XHZD '释' 5).
shì noun Buddhism
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: In the sense of 佛教 (Guoyu '釋' n 2)
shì proper noun Śākya / Shakya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: The clan of Śākyamuni Buddha (Guoyu '釋' n 3)
yì adjective pleased / glad
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 译 (Kroll '釋' yì)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》	鄉射禮第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet	49
The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》	大射第七 7. The great archery meet (state level)	42
Book of Sui 《隋書》	卷32　志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1	31
Book of Han 《漢書》	卷五十張馮汲鄭傳 Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng	29
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百〇五志第五十八禮八 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Rites 8	27
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《張釋之馮唐列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang	26
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷二十四志第四: 禮儀四 Volume 24 Treatises 4: Rites 4	23
History of Song 《宋史》	卷二百〇二志第一百五十五藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1	20
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷四十六志第二十六: 經籍上 Volume 46 Treatises 26: Literature 1	19
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷十五　　　　　志第五　　　　禮樂五 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rites and Music 5	19

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
释获	釋穫	獲而未釋獲	The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》鄉射禮第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet	45
释弓	釋弓	司射不釋弓矢	The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》鄉射禮第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet	38
释服	釋服	不釋服而往	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II	7
释币	釋幣	宾朝服释币于祢	The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》聘禮第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls	6
释宋	釋宋	釋宋公	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》僖公 Lord Xi	6
释奠	釋奠	釋奠于學	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《王制》 Royal Regulations	5
君释	君釋	請君釋憾於宋	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》隱公 Lord Yin	5
冻释	凍釋	然則在解而凍釋	Guanzi 《管子》五行第四十一 Chapter 41: The Five Elements	4
命释	命釋	北面命釋獲者設中	The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》鄉射禮第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet	4
释菜	釋菜	釋菜	The Book of Rites 《禮記》《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months	4