坐禪

See also: 坐禅

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.)	abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism
trad. (坐禪)		坐	禪
simp. (坐禅)		坐	禅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòchán

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ sim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chě-siân / chē-siân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohchanr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ sim⁴
  - Yale: joh sìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ sim⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ xim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² siːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chě-siân
  - Tâi-lô: tsě-siân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se²² ɕiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē-siân
  - Tâi-lô: tsē-siân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zexsieen
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡se³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡se²¹ ɕiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ ɕiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se³³⁻²¹ ɕiɛn²³/

Verb

坐禪

(Buddhism) to sit in meditation

Derived terms

面壁坐禪／面壁坐禅

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