chán

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  • 1

    n.deep meditation; prolonged and intense contemplation; refer to sitting in meditation cleansing one's mind

    • chán dìng

      lost in Buddhist meditation

    • cān chán

      Buddhist practice of meditation aiming at enlightenment

  • 2

    adj.Buddhist

    • chán zhàng

      Buddhist monk's stick

    • chán lín

      Buddhist monasteries or temples

Words and phrases with 禅

  • 禅机
    [word]Buddhist allegorical word or gesture
  • 禅门
    [word]Buddhism
  • 禅床
    [word]bed or divan for meditation
  • 禅寺
    [word]Buddhist temple
  • 禅杖
    [word]a cane with padded head for knocking on head of one who falls asleep; Buddhist monk's cane
  • 禅定
    [word]keeping still and in deep meditation
  • 禅堂
    [word]meditation room
  • 禅那
    [word]dhyana
  • 禅理
    [word]Buddhism doctrines or tenets

Similar-form characters to 禅

Chinese Characters with pinyin chán

  • wind; pester
  • cicada
  • greedy; be covetous of
  • toad
  • used as a component of 婵娟