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): 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):

→ Korean: 참선(參禪) (chamseon)

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