禪讓

See also: 禅让

Chinese

		abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (禪讓)		禪	讓
simp. (禅让)		禅	让

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànràng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ joeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-niū / siān-liōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànràng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànràng
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-jang⁴
    • Yale: shàn-ràng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannranq
    • Palladius: шаньжан (šanʹžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ joeng⁶
    • Yale: sihn yeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ joeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-niū
    • Tâi-lô: siān-niū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnniu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² niũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: siān-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²²/

Verb

禪讓

1. to abdicate and hand over the crown to another person

   堯帝禪讓／尧帝禅让  ―  Yáo Dì chánràng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

• This term is only used when the successor is not a member of the former royal family.

Derived terms

• 禪讓制／禅让制 (shànràngzhì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禪讓):

• → Japanese: 禅(ぜん)譲(じょう) (zenjō)
• → Korean: 선양(禪讓) (seonyang)