Chan
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Proper noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of Chanambam surname of Meitei origin
- Alternative form of Chandam surname of Meitei origin
Origin
Etymology tree Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān)bor. English Chan Borrowed from Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān).
Proper noun Entry 2
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (can⁴).
Forms
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Proper noun Entry 3
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Origin
Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan).
Forms
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Proper noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of Zhan, A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Origin
Borrowed from Mandarin 詹 (zhān).
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Proper noun Entry 5
- A surname from Khmer.
Origin
From Khmer ចន្ទ (can).
Noun
- A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.
- It is possible that highly calligraphic painting styles, including the extreme forms of “flung-ink,” began at this time, but probably not under Ch’an Buddhist influence, which figured in the religious life of the...
Origin
Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 禪 /禅 (Chán), a development and clipping of Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transcription of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Zen.