承

Readings

Pinyin: chéng

Wade-Giles: ch'eng

Hangul: 승

Korean MC: seung

Korean MR: sŭng

Katakana: ショウ

Hepburn: shō

thừa

receive

• To accept, to inherit. To hold, contain, support. (Skt. adhiṣṭhita, dhārita, prati-√śru, pratinivārayati, saṃ-pratîṣ (√iṣ)) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
• To hear, listen, be informed. [resp. Charles Muller]
• To contract for, to undertake. [resp. Charles Muller]
• To continue, to carry on (a theme, etc.); to undertake. [resp. Charles Muller]
• To confess, to acknowledge. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 715b

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0540

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