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
- 必经之路(必經之路) the road one must follow or take; the only way
- 经济战线(經濟戰線) economic front
- 经济力量(經濟力量) economic strength
- 几经(幾經) to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
- 圣经外传(聖經外傳) Apocrypha; biography external to the classics
- 神经生物学(神經生物學) neurobiology
- 神经外科(神經外科) neurosurgery
- 脑神经(腦神經) cranial nerves
- 经文(經文) text from a scripture or classic
- 已经(已經) already
- 经解(經解) exegesis of a classic ; Jing Jie
- 永续经营(永續經營) sustainable management
- 经纪(經紀) an agent; a middleman; a broker
- 视神经盘(視神經盤) optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
- 信经(信經) Credo
- 假正经(假正經) demure; prudish; hypocritical
- 中国东部经济区(中國東部經濟區) Eastern China Economic Zone
- 讽经(諷經) to recite a sutra
- 神经心理学(神經心理學) neuropsychology
- 闭经(閉經) amenorrhoea
- 自然经济(自然經濟) natural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money)
- 曾经(曾經) once; already; former; previously; ever
- 十二经脉(十二經脈) twelve channels of TCM
- 死海经卷(死海經卷) Dead Sea Scrolls
- 坐骨神经(坐骨神經) sciatic nerve
- 经国济民(經國濟民) to lead the nation and help the people
- 神经性(神經性) neural; mental; neurological
- 抄经士(抄經士) copyist; scribe
- 非经营性网站备案(非經營性網站備案) ICP license
- 月经垫(月經墊) sanitary towel; menopad
- 中间神经元(中間神經元) interneuron
- 摩尔门经(摩爾門經) Book of Mormon
- 少阳经(少陽經) one of the channels of TCM
- 经度(經度) longitude
- 未经(未經) without having gone through
- 经锦(經錦) warp brocade; woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp
- 途经(途經) to pass through; via; by way of
- 经理(經理) manager; director ; to manage ; to handle logistics ; classic doctrine ; common sense
Also contained in
经库 、 祕经 、 经家 、 产经新闻 、 孛经 、 经部 、 弥勒所问经 、 世间经 、 熹平石经 、 文殊般若经 、 麟经 、 今文经 、 七车譬喻经
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- 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 86
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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
- 经二 (經二) 經二年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — 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