參禪

See also: 参禅

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): ㄘㄢㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ sim⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cānchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢㄔㄢˊ
  - 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

(Buddhism) to practise meditation

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (參禪):

→ Japanese: 参(さん)禅(ぜん) (sanzen)
→ Korean: 참선(參禪) (chamseon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
參	禪
さん Hyōgai	ぜん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 參禪 – see the following entry.

【参禅さんぜん】

[noun] Zen meditation

[noun] meditative consultation with the head abbot

[verb] to do Zen meditation

[verb] to consult with the head abbot

(This term, 參禪, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
參	禪

Noun

參禪 • (chamseon) (hangeul 참선)

hanja form^? of 참선