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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles

    pi1
p`i
    pi
 heki
used in 靂|雳[pi1li4] and 雷[pi1lei2]
Crash, rumble.

霹雷

see styles
pī léi
    pi1 lei2
p`i lei
    pi lei
thunderbolt

霹靂


霹雳

see styles
pī lì
    pi1 li4
p`i li
    pi li
 hekireki
    へきれき
thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying
thunder; thunderclap
A thunder-crash.

霹靂神

see styles
 hatatagami; hatahatagami
    はたたがみ; はたはたがみ
(archaism) loud thunder

霹靂舞


霹雳舞

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pī lì wǔ
    pi1 li4 wu3
p`i li wu
    pi li wu
to breakdance; breakdancing

霹靂啪啦


霹雳啪啦

see styles
pī lì pā lā
    pi1 li4 pa1 la1
p`i li p`a la
    pi li pa la
see 噼裡啪啦|噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]

列缺霹靂


列缺霹雳

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liè quē pī lì
    lie4 que1 pi1 li4
lieh ch`üeh p`i li
    lieh chüeh pi li
lightning and thunder

晴天霹靂


晴天霹雳

see styles
qíng tiān pī lì
    qing2 tian1 pi1 li4
ch`ing t`ien p`i li
    ching tien pi li
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue

青天霹靂


青天霹雳

see styles
qīng tiān pī lì
    qing1 tian1 pi1 li4
ch`ing t`ien p`i li
    ching tien pi li
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue

晴天の霹靂

see styles
 seitennohekireki / setennohekireki
    せいてんのへきれき
(exp,n) a bolt out of the blue

青天の霹靂

see styles
 seitennohekireki / setennohekireki
    せいてんのへきれき
(exp,n) a bolt out of the blue

Variations:
青天の霹靂
晴天の霹靂
青天のへきれき
晴天のへきれき

see styles
 seitennohekireki / setennohekireki
    せいてんのへきれき
(exp,n) (idiom) a bolt out of the blue

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "霹" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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