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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sì, shì
Cantonese: zi6
JapaneseKun: TERA
JapaneseOn: JI SHI
Korean: SA SI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: court, office; temple, monastery

CE-Dict: buddhist temple/mosque/government office (old)

Soothill: vihāra (विहार), 毘訶羅 or 鼻訶羅; saṅghārāma (सङ्घाराम) 僧伽藍; an official hall, a temple, adopted by Buddhists for a monastery, many other names are given to it, e. g. 淨住; 法同舍; 出世舍; 精舍; 清淨園; 金剛剎; 寂滅道場; 遠離處; 親近處 'A model vihāra (विहार) ought to be built of red sandalwood, with 32 chambers, 8 tāla (ताल) trees in height, with a garden, park and bathing tank attached; it ought to have promenades for peripatetic meditation and to be richly furnished with stores of clothes, food, bedsteads, mattresses, medicines and all creature comforts.' Eitel.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a temple; a monastery; a shrine; a mosque

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: joss house; temple

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: temple; joss house

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《寸部》寺 廷也。有法度者也。从寸之聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【寸字部】 寺
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤祥吏切,音嗣。【說文】廷也,有法度者也。从寸㞢聲。【徐曰】寸,法度也,守也。【釋名】寺,嗣也,官治事者相嗣續於其內也。【唐書·百官表】漢以太常,光祿,勳衛尉,太僕,廷尉,大鴻臚,宗正,司農,少府爲九卿。後魏以來,卿名雖仍舊,而所蒞之局謂之寺,因名九寺。又【漢書註】凡府廷所在,皆謂之寺。 又漢明帝時,攝摩騰自西域白馬駝經來,初止鴻臚寺,遂取寺名,爲創立白馬寺。後名浮屠所居皆曰寺。 又宦寺。【詩·秦風】寺人之令。【傳】內小臣也。令,使也。又【周禮·天官】掌王之內人及女宮之戒今。鄭註寺之言侍也。○按註疏蓋以侍釋寺義,非。轉音時吏切,讀若侍,《正譌》合寺、侍爲一,非。 【集韻】或作䦙。
考證:〔【周禮·天官】寺人,掌王之內人。【註】寺之言侍也,取親近侍御之義。〕 謹按此所引文義未全,謹照原增改爲:掌王之內人及女宮之戒今。鄭註寺之言侍也。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) (術語)梵語尾賀羅Viha%ra,毗訶羅,鼻訶羅。寺原為官司之名。釋名曰:“寺嗣也,治事者相嗣續于其內也。”羅璧志餘曰:“漢設鴻臚寺待四方賓客。永平中佛法入中國,館摩騰法蘭于鴻臚寺。次年敕洛陽城西雍門外立白馬寺,以鴻臚非久居之館,故別建處之。其仍以寺名者,以僧為西方之客,若待以賓禮也。此中國有僧寺之始。”西土稱為僧伽藍,僧伽藍譯言眾園。謂眾人所居所,在園圃生殖之處,佛弟子則生殖道芽聖果也,經曰伽蘭陀竹園o樹給孤獨園。是西域之寺舍也。後魏太武帝始光元年創立伽藍而名以招提之號,隋煬帝大業中改天下之寺為道場,至唐復為寺。

陳義孝佛學常見辭彙 僧伽所居住的地方。

Buddhism words and phrases buddhist temple; monastery, nunnery

Japanese Places Tera (loc)

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary temple

CF-Dict: temple bouddhique/monastère/mosquée

Han-De-Dict: Kloster (u.E.) (S, Buddh)/Tempel (u.E.) (S, Buddh)