Difference between revisions of "一時"

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<big>'''Suggested translations: "(at) one time/occasion," "simultaneous"'''</big>
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'''Mandarin''': yīshí<br>
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'''Middle Chinese''': iət-ʒɪei<br>
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'''English''': one occasion, same time
  
This term can have a couple distinct meanings ("one occasion" or "same time") depending on how 一 is read ("one" or "same"), while 時 is a general term like English "time" for time or particular occasions in time.
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== Notes ==
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This term can have a couple distinct meanings ("one occasion" or "same time") depending on how 一 is read ("one" or "same"), while 時 is a term like English "time" for time or particular occasions in time. 時 typically functions as a postfix temporal preposition like English "when" or "during" but becomes as a noun when modified by an adjective like 一.
  
 
In Buddhist translation, this expression became the standard way of translating Skt. ''ekaṃ-samayam''.
 
In Buddhist translation, this expression became the standard way of translating Skt. ''ekaṃ-samayam''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:53, 4 July 2022

Mandarin: yīshí
Middle Chinese: iət-ʒɪei
English: one occasion, same time

Notes

This term can have a couple distinct meanings ("one occasion" or "same time") depending on how 一 is read ("one" or "same"), while 時 is a term like English "time" for time or particular occasions in time. 時 typically functions as a postfix temporal preposition like English "when" or "during" but becomes as a noun when modified by an adjective like 一.

In Buddhist translation, this expression became the standard way of translating Skt. ekaṃ-samayam.