辨

Readings

Pinyin: biàn

Wade-Giles: pien

Hangul: 변

Korean MC: byeon

Korean MR: pyŏn

Katakana: ベン

Hepburn: ben

biện

to discern

• To discriminate, know, understand. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
• To distinguish, to differentiate 區別, esp. through speech; thus, to articulate. (Skt. vibhāga, pratibhāna, pratibhāṇa) (Skt. abhisaṃskṛta, pratyupasthāpita, viśārada) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]
• Accomplish, achieve, carry through with. [resp. Charles Muller]
• Often used interchangeably with 辯 and 辦. 〔二障義 HBJ 1.800a23 〕 [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Koga, 418

Zen Dust (Sasaki), 368

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1216d

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1140

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