禅 (禪) chán

  1. chán proper noun Chan; Zen
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An East Asian school of Buddhism (FE '禪' 1)
  2. chán noun meditation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Especially Buddhist meditation (FE '禪' 2; Guoyu '禪' n 1; Kroll 2015 '禪' chán, pp. 400-401)
  3. shàn noun an imperial sacrificial ceremony
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: dzyenH; as in 封禅 (Guoyu '禪' shàn v 2; Kroll 2015 '禪' shàn 1, pp. 400-401; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2096)
  4. shàn noun to abdicate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '禪' shàn 2, pp. 400-401)
  5. shàn bound form Xiongnu supreme leader
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Bound in 禪于 (Kroll 2015 '禪' shàn 3, pp. 400-401)
  6. shàn noun to make a ritual offering to heaven and earth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '禪' shàn v 1)

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