| 禅 | [ chán ] dhyana (Sanskrit), Zen, meditation (Buddhism) |
| 禅 | [ shàn ] to abdicate |
| 禅位 | [ shàn weì ] to abdicate (as king) |
| 禅修 | [ chán xiū ] to practice Zen (esp. meditation) |
| 禅城 | [ chán chéng ] see 禪城區|禅城区[Chan2 cheng2 qu1] |
| 禅城区 | [ chán chéng qū ] Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong |
| 禅堂 | [ chán táng ] meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) |
| 禅宗 | [ chán zōng ] Zen Buddhism |
| 禅师 | [ chán shī ] honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
| 禅房 | [ chán fáng ] a room in a Buddhist monastery, a temple |
| 禅杖 | [ chán zhàng ] the staff of a Buddhist monk |
| 禅林 | [ chán lín ] a Buddhist temple |
| 禅机 | [ chán jī ] Buddhism subtleties, Buddhist allegory |
| 禅让 | [ shàn ràng ] to abdicate |
| 禅门五宗 | [ chán mén wǔ zōng ] the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom) |
| 禅院 | [ chán yuàn ] Buddhist hall |
| ⇒ 刘禅 | [ liú chán ] Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 |
| ⇒ 参禅 | [ cān chán ] to practice Chan Buddhist meditation, to practice Zen meditation, to sit in meditation |
| ⇒ 受禅 | [ shoù shàn ] to accept abdication |
| ⇒ 口头禅 | [ koǔ toú chán ] Zen saying repeated as cant, (fig.) catchphrase, mantra, favorite expression, stock phrase |
| ⇒ 坐禅 | [ zuò chán ] to sit in meditation, to meditate |
| ⇒ 封禅 | [ fēng shàn ] (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu |
| ⇒ 打禅 | [ dǎ chán ] to meditate (of Buddhist) |
| ⇒ 永贞内禅 | [ yǒng zhēn neì shàn ] Yongzhen abdication of 805 |
| ⇒ 班禅 | [ bān chán ] Panchen (Lama), abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼|班禅额尔德尼[Ban1 chan2 E2 er3 de2 ni2] |
| ⇒ 班禅喇嘛 | [ bān chán lǎ ma ] Panchen Lama |
| ⇒ 班禅额尔德尼 | [ bān chán é ěr dé ní ] Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama, abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Ban1 chan2] |
| ⇒ 褒禅山 | [ baō chán shān ] Mt Baochan in Anhui, formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山 |
| ⇒ 野狐禅 | [ yě hú chán ] heresy |