"摩訶" meaning in Chinese

See 摩訶 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 摩诃 [Simplified-Chinese], 莫訶, 摩醯
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”). Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|sa|महा}} Sanskrit महा (mahā) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 摩訶
  1. (Buddhism, chiefly as a prefix) maha; great Derived forms: 摩訶婆羅多 (Móhēpóluóduō), 摩诃婆罗多 (Móhēpóluóduō), 摩訶羅 (móhēluó), 摩诃罗 (móhēluó), 摩訶般若波羅蜜多心經 (Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng), 摩诃般若波罗蜜多心经 (Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng), 摩訶薩埵 (móhēsàduǒ), 摩诃萨埵 (móhēsàduǒ), 摩訶衍 (Móhēyǎn), 摩诃衍 (Móhēyǎn)
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    {
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "महा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit महा (mahā)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "摩诃",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "莫訶"
    },
    {
      "form": "摩醯"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "摩訶",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Buddhism",
          "orig": "zh:Buddhism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Móhēpóluóduō",
          "word": "摩訶婆羅多"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Móhēpóluóduō",
          "word": "摩诃婆罗多"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móhēluó",
          "word": "摩訶羅"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móhēluó",
          "word": "摩诃罗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng",
          "word": "摩訶般若波羅蜜多心經"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng",
          "word": "摩诃般若波罗蜜多心经"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móhēsàduǒ",
          "word": "摩訶薩埵"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móhēsàduǒ",
          "word": "摩诃萨埵"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Móhēyǎn",
          "word": "摩訶衍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Móhēyǎn",
          "word": "摩诃衍"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              54
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Shìmén címǐn gǔlái duō, zhèng shàn chénggōng shuō móhē.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "釋門慈憫古來多,正善成功說摩訶。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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            [
              50,
              54
            ]
          ],
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            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Shìmén címǐn gǔlái duō, zhèng shàn chénggōng shuō móhē.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "释门慈悯古来多,正善成功说摩诃。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maha; great"
      ],
      "id": "en-摩訶-zh-adj-BGu6hbTa",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "maha",
          "maha"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism, chiefly as a prefix) maha; great"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a prefix"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo²-ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mwó-hē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mohe"
    },
    {
      "roman": "moxɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мохэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mō hō"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ma xa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "摩訶"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Móhēpóluóduō",
      "word": "摩訶婆羅多"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Móhēpóluóduō",
      "word": "摩诃婆罗多"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móhēluó",
      "word": "摩訶羅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móhēluó",
      "word": "摩诃罗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng",
      "word": "摩訶般若波羅蜜多心經"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Xīnjīng",
      "word": "摩诃般若波罗蜜多心经"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móhēsàduǒ",
      "word": "摩訶薩埵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móhēsàduǒ",
      "word": "摩诃萨埵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Móhēyǎn",
      "word": "摩訶衍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Móhēyǎn",
      "word": "摩诃衍"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "महा"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit महा (mahā)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "摩诃",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "莫訶"
    },
    {
      "form": "摩醯"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "摩訶",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
        "Chinese terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 摩",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 訶",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Middle Chinese adjectives",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Mandarin usage examples",
        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          ],
          "ref": " Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Shìmén címǐn gǔlái duō, zhèng shàn chénggōng shuō móhē.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "釋門慈憫古來多,正善成功說摩訶。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              54
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          ],
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            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Shìmén címǐn gǔlái duō, zhèng shàn chénggōng shuō móhē.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "释门慈悯古来多,正善成功说摩诃。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maha; great"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "maha",
          "maha"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism, chiefly as a prefix) maha; great"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a prefix"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "móhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo²-ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mwó-hē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mohe"
    },
    {
      "roman": "moxɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мохэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mō hō"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ma xa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "摩訶"
}

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