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Sabi
サビ is the name Sabi in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Sabi
This is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Sabi.
Wu Wei / Without Action
Daoist / Taoist Tenet
無為 or “Wu Wei” is a Daoist (Taoist) tenet that speaks to the idea of letting nature take its course.
Some will say it's about knowing when to take action and when not to. In reality, it's more about not going against the flow. What will happen is controlled by the Dao (Tao), for which one who follows the Dao will not resist or struggle against.
You can think of 無為 as the Chinese way to express “laissez-faire.”
There is a lot more to this concept, but if you are looking for this entry, you already know the expanded concept.
Warning: Outside of the Daoist context, this means idleness or inactivity (especially in Japanese, where not everyone knows this as a Daoist concept, though it does pair well with the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi).
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Sabi search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
皺 皱 see styles |
zhòu zhou4 chou shibo; sabi しぼ; さび |
to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease (1) (See 烏帽子) bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); (2) creases in an eboshi hat wrinkles |
錆 锖 see styles |
qiāng qiang1 ch`iang chiang sabi さび |
the color of a mineral rust |
さび see styles |
sabi サビ |
(1) hook (high point of a song); (2) (abbreviation) (at a sushi shop) wasabi; (personal name) Sabi |
佐備 see styles |
sabi さび |
(place-name) Sabi |
佐毘 see styles |
sabi さび |
(surname) Sabi |
佐飛 see styles |
sabi さび |
(surname) Sabi |
小美 see styles |
sabi さび |
(given name) Sabi |
左尾 see styles |
sabi さび |
(surname) Sabi |
錆び see styles |
sabi さび |
rust |
サビー see styles |
sabii / sabi サビー |
(personal name) Sabihy |
サビ川 see styles |
sabigawa サビがわ |
(place-name) Sabi (river) |
侘と寂 see styles |
wabitosabi わびとさび |
(expression) taste for the simple and quiet; wabi and sabi |
Variations: |
sabi; sabi サビ; さび |
{music} hook (high point of a song); chorus |
Variations: |
sabi さび |
rust |
Variations: |
kireisabi / kiresabi きれいさび |
(See わびさび,遠州流・1) kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony |
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wabisabi; wabisabi わびさび; ワビサビ |
(kana only) wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection |
Variations: |
sabi さび |
rust |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sabi | サビ | sabi | ||
| Sabi | 薩比 萨比 | sà bǐ / sa4 bi3 / sa bi / sabi | sa pi / sapi | |
| Wu Wei Without Action | 無為 无为 | mui | wú wéi / wu2 wei2 / wu wei / wuwei | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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