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

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

(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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
禪	宗

Noun

禪宗

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