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There are 10 total results for your 以來 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

以來


以来

see styles
yǐ lái
    yi3 lai2
i lai
 irai
since (a previous event)
since...

一直以來


一直以来

see styles
yī zhí yǐ lái
    yi1 zhi2 yi3 lai2
i chih i lai
in the past always; for a long time now; until now

從本以來


从本以来

see styles
cóng běn yǐ lái
    cong2 ben3 yi3 lai2
ts`ung pen i lai
    tsung pen i lai
 jū hon irai
since the beginning

有史以來


有史以来

see styles
yǒu shǐ yǐ lái
    you3 shi3 yi3 lai2
yu shih i lai
since the beginning of history
See: 有史以来

有生以來


有生以来

see styles
yǒu shēng yǐ lái
    you3 sheng1 yi3 lai2
yu sheng i lai
since birth; for one's whole life

無始以來


无始以来

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wú shǐ yǐ lái
    wu2 shi3 yi3 lai2
wu shih i lai
 mushi irai
since beginningless time

自古以來


自古以来

see styles
zì gǔ yǐ lái
    zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2
tzu ku i lai
since ancient times

長久以來


长久以来

see styles
cháng jiǔ yǐ lái
    chang2 jiu3 yi3 lai2
ch`ang chiu i lai
    chang chiu i lai
for a long time now; long since

長期以來


长期以来

see styles
cháng qī yǐ lái
    chang2 qi1 yi3 lai2
ch`ang ch`i i lai
    chang chi i lai
for a long time

自懂事以來


自懂事以来

see styles
zì dǒng shì yǐ lái
    zi4 dong3 shi4 yi3 lai2
tzu tung shih i lai
for as long as one can remember

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

This page contains 10 results for "以來" 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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

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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