象 xiàng

1. xiàng noun figure; image; appearance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 形状 (ABC 'xiàng' 象 bf 1; Guoyu '象' n 2; Kroll 2015 '象' 2; NCCED '象' 2; Unihan '象')
2. xiàng noun elephant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Animal 动物
   Notes: In the sense of 大象. Measure word: 头 individual, 只 individual, or 群 group. Also used in this sense in classical Chinese. For example, in ”Shuo Wen Jie Zi”, Scroll 10 說文解字‧卷十: 象：長鼻牙，南越大獸 'Elephant: a large beast from Nanyue [Vietnam] with a long snout and tusks.' (ABC 'xiàng' 象 n; Guoyu '象' n 1; Kroll 2015 '象' 1; NCCED '象' 1; Unihan '象')
3. xiàng noun ivory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: （Kroll 2015 '象' 1; Unihan '象')
4. xiàng verb to be like; to seem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 相似, same as 像 (Guoyu '象' v 1)
5. xiàng noun premier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A piece in Chinese chess (NCCED '象' 4)
6. xiàng noun a representation; an icon; an effigy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '象' 2b)
7. xiàng noun phenomena
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 天象 celestial phenomena (Kroll 2015 '象' 2c)
8. xiàng noun a decree; an ordinance; a law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 法令 or 法律 (Guoyu '象' n 3)
9. xiàng noun image commentary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A short passage in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” interpreting an image (Guoyu '象' n 3; Schaberg 2017, p. 180)
10. xiàng noun a kind of weapon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: With a sharp point, used in ancient China in war and dancing. For example, in the 詩經·周頌·維清 ”Book of Songs”, Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Qing Miao: 奏象舞也 'with music for the xiang dance' (Guoyu '象' n 5)
11. xiàng proper noun Xiang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '象' n 6)
12. xiàng verb to imitate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 效法 (ABC 'xiàng' 象 bf 2; Guoyu '象' v 2; Kroll 2015 '象' 2a; NCCED '象' 3). For example, in the 左傳·昭公 ”Zuo Zhuan”, Lord Zhao: 言則而象之也 'This is saying that he followed the example and took it as a model' (Durant 2016, p. 1380).
13. xiàng noun elephant; gaja
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gaja, or: hastin (BCSD '象', p. 1104; MW 'gaja'; SH '象', p. 390)

Contained in

• 禅宗辞典禅林象器笺(禪宗辭典禪林象器箋) Dictionary of Zen Practices
• 处处风光好 日日气象新(處處風光好 日日氣象新) Beautiful scenery everywhere; Start anew everyday.
• 天开美景风云静 春到人间气象新(天開美景風雲靜 春到人間氣象新) Beneath an open sky, beautiful vistas and calm clouds; Upon Spring fresh and new opportunities of life.
• 象跡喻经(象跡喻經) Sutra of the Great Elephant Footprint Simile
• 佛说象头精舍经(佛說象頭精舍經) Gagāśīrṣa Vihara Sutra; Fo Shuo Xiang Tou Jingshe Jing
• 风烟有奇状 物象归余清(風煙有奇狀 物象歸餘清) Hazes may be obscure in form; Phenomena are pure in nature.
• 出大青象 The great greenish-blue elephant comes from this country.

Also contained in

众盲摸象 、 组件对象模式 、 气象局 、 脉象 、 生命迹象 、 合眼摸象 、 抽象 、 气象卫星 、 太平气象 、 气象台 、 成象 、 气象 、 象板 、 星象学 、 移动图象专家组 、 历象 、 象话 、 象征符号 、 象牙塔 、 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 、 象牙 、 象郡 、 真象 、 摸象 、 对象 、 象林县 、 象棋 、 干象历 、 唯象理论 、 人心不足蛇吞象 、 闭图象定理 、 征象 、 第一象限 、 表象 、 象征性 、 瞎子摸象 、 迟滞现象 、 组件对象模型 、 占象 、 幻象 、 藏象 、 象形 、 乱象 、 气象厅

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 15 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Yao Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶藥事 — count: 67
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 66
• Scroll 52 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 65 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun 佛說立世阿毘曇論 — count: 55
• Scroll 12 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 52
• Scroll 56 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 51
• Scroll 2 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 50
• Scroll 19 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Po Seng Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶破僧事 — count: 49
• Scroll 12 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 48
• Scroll 3 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 48

Collocations

• 象马 (象馬) 象馬 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 25
• 象首 (象首) 共象首舍利弗詣世尊所 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 14
• 扪象 (捫象) 令眾盲子手自捫象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 11
• 八千象 (八千象) 有八千象圍遶隨從 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 11
• 言象 (言象) 言象如曲轅 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 11
• 人乘象 (人乘象) 如今人乘象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 8
• 宝象 (寶象) 嚴我所乘寶象及餘五百白象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 6
• 象声 (象聲) 象聲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 四千象 (四千象) 善見王有八萬四千象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 试象 (試象) 善見大王欲自試象 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4