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禪宗

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

Noun

禪宗

(Buddhism) Zen Buddhism

Japanese

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

Noun

禪宗 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 禅宗, hiragana ぜんしゅう, romaji zenshū)

Kyūjitai spelling of 禅宗

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chánzōng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ zung¹
Min Nan (POJ): siân-chong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chánzōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanrtzong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sim⁴ zung¹
  - Yale: sìhm jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ dzung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân-chong
  - Tâi-lô: siân-tsong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienzofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/