坐禪

See also: 坐禅 and 座禅

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, 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
• Eastern Min (BUC): sô̤i-*sièng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chěr-siân / chē-siân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòchán
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chʻan²
    • Yale: dzwò-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohcharn
    • Palladius: цзочань (czočanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ sim⁴
    • Yale: joh sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² siːm²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sô̤i-*sièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ sieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěr-siân
    • Tâi-lô: tsěr-siân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sə²² siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē-siân
    • Tâi-lô: tsē-siân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexsieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡se²¹ siɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se³³⁻¹¹ siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²²⁻²¹ siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se³³⁻²¹ siɛn²³/

Verb

坐禪

1. (Buddhism) to sit in meditation

Synonyms

• 坐堂 (zuòtáng)

Derived terms

• 面壁坐禪 / 面壁坐禅

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (坐禪):

• → Japanese: 座(ざ)禅(ぜん) (zazen)
• → Korean: 좌선(坐禪) (jwaseon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
坐	禪
ざ Jinmeiyō	ぜん Jinmeiyō
goon

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

【座禅ざぜん】 [noun] (Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism Alternative spelling 坐禅

(This term, 坐禪, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (坐禅) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
坐	禪

Noun

坐禪 • (jwaseon) (hangeul 좌선)

1. hanja form^? of 좌선