參禪

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism
trad. (參禪)		參	禪
simp. (参禅)		参	禅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢ ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ sim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canchán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-chʻan²
    • Yale: tsān-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsancharn
    • Palladius: цаньчань (canʹčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ sim⁴
    • Yale: chāam sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ siːm²¹/

Verb

參禪

1. (Buddhism) to practise meditation

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (參禪):

• → Korean: 참선(參禪) (chamseon)