Taxonomy of meanings for 布施:  

  • GENEROUS
    • NPabactBUDDH: giving, making offerings (to the Buddha or the monks/nuns); SANSKRIT dāna[pāramitā]
    • VPiactbe generous in action BUDDH: to practice generosity/charity, to give alms (one of the Six Perfections of a Bodhisattva, see liùdù 六度); SANSKRIT dāna
  • GIVE
    • NPab.t:post-Nthe giving of N
    • VPtt(oN1.)+N2Give N2 to the contextually explicit N1
    • VPttoN1.+N2give N1 to N2
    • VPtoNgive away