禪宗

See also: 禅宗

Chinese

		abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (禪宗)		禪	宗
simp. (禅宗)		禅	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siân-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánzong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-tsung¹
    • Yale: chán-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charntzong
    • Palladius: чаньцзун (čanʹczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: sìhm jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân-chong
    • Tâi-lô: siân-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienzofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

禪宗

1. (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禪宗):

• → Japanese: 禅(ぜん)宗(しゅう) (zenshū)
• → Korean: 선종(禪宗) (seonjong)
• → Vietnamese: thiền tông (禪宗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禪	宗
ぜん Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

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

【禅宗ぜんしゅう】 [noun] (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
禪	宗

Noun

禪宗 • (seonjong) (hangeul 선종)

1. hanja form^? of 선종 (“(Buddhism) Zen Buddhism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
禪	宗

Noun

禪宗

1. chữ Hán form of thiền tông (“(Buddhism) Zen Buddhism”).