| 禪 | [ chán ] dhyana (Sanskrit), Zen, meditation (Buddhism) |
| 禪 | [ shàn ] to abdicate |
| 禪位 | [ shàn weì ] to abdicate (as king) |
| 禪修 | [ chán xiū ] to practice Zen (esp. meditation) |
| 禪城 | [ chán chéng ] see 禪城區|禅城区[Chan2 cheng2 qu1] |
| 禪城區 | [ chán chéng qū ] Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong |
| 禪堂 | [ chán táng ] meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) |
| 禪宗 | [ chán zōng ] Zen Buddhism |
| 禪師 | [ chán shī ] honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
| 禪房 | [ chán fáng ] a room in a Buddhist monastery, a temple |
| 禪杖 | [ chán zhàng ] the staff of a Buddhist monk |
| 禪林 | [ chán lín ] a Buddhist temple |
| 禪機 | [ chán jī ] Buddhism subtleties, Buddhist allegory |
| 禪讓 | [ shàn ràng ] to abdicate |
| 禪門五宗 | [ chán mén wǔ zōng ] the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom) |
| 禪院 | [ chán yuàn ] Buddhist hall |
| ⇒ 劉禪 | [ liú chán ] Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 |
| ⇒ 參禪 | [ cān chán ] to practice Chan Buddhist meditation, to practice Zen meditation, to sit in meditation |
| ⇒ 受禪 | [ shoù shàn ] to accept abdication |
| ⇒ 口頭禪 | [ koǔ toú chán ] Zen saying repeated as cant, (fig.) catchphrase, mantra, favorite expression, stock phrase |
| ⇒ 坐禪 | [ zuò chán ] to sit in meditation, to meditate |
| ⇒ 封禪 | [ fēng shàn ] (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu |
| ⇒ 打禪 | [ dǎ chán ] to meditate (of Buddhist) |
| ⇒ 永貞內禪 | [ yǒng zhēn neì shàn ] Yongzhen abdication of 805 |
| ⇒ 班禪 | [ bān chán ] Panchen (Lama), abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼|班禅额尔德尼[Ban1 chan2 E2 er3 de2 ni2] |
| ⇒ 班禪喇嘛 | [ bān chán lǎ ma ] Panchen Lama |
| ⇒ 班禪額爾德尼 | [ bān chán é ěr dé ní ] Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama, abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Ban1 chan2] |
| ⇒ 褒禪山 | [ baō chán shān ] Mt Baochan in Anhui, formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山 |
| ⇒ 野狐禪 | [ yě hú chán ] heresy |