| 经书 | jīng shū | classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras |   |
| 释典 | shì diǎn | Buddhist doctrine / sutras | |
| 法师 | fǎ shī | one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) | |
| 大乘 | Dà shèng | Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] | |
| 诵经 | sòng jīng | to chant the sutras | |
| 小乘 | Xiǎo chéng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras | |
| 小乘 | Xiǎo shèng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] | |
| 贝多 | bèi duō | pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | |
| 千经万卷 | qiān jīng wàn juǎn | lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls / fig. the vast Buddhist canon | |
| 贝叶 | bèi yè | pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | |
| 贝叶棕 | bèi yè zōng | pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | |
