坐禪

See also: 坐禅 and 座禅

Chinese[edit]

		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

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/

坐禪

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

Alternative spelling
坐禅

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

Hanja in this term
坐	禪

坐禪 • (jwaseon) (hangeul 좌선)