Chan
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- Vereinigte Staaten//tʃæn//
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (can⁴).
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A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
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Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan).
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Variante von ZhanAlternative form of Zhan, A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Herkunft
From the Wade–Giles romanization Chan¹ of Mandarin 詹 (Zhān).
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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 dynasty.
Herkunft
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.
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A surname from Khmer.
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From Khmer ចន្ទ (can).
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Variante von Chanambam surname of Meitei originAlternative form of Chanambam surname of Meitei origin
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Variante von Chandam surname of Meitei originAlternative form of Chandam surname of Meitei origin
Herkunft
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān).
Formen
- Plural
- Chans