chán
Traditional: 禪
禅 (chán) is a Chinese word meaning “dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)”.
Meanings
- 1dhyana (Sanskrit)
- 2Zen
- 3meditation (Buddhism)
Related words
口头禅Zen saying repeated as cant禅to abdicate禅宗Zen Buddhism禅师honorific title for a Buddhist monk坐禅to sit in meditation; to meditate禅修to practice Zen (esp. meditation)禅房a room in a Buddhist monastery参禅to practice Chan Buddhist meditation受禅to accept abdication封禅(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu打禅to meditate (of Buddhist)禅位to abdicate (as king)