Chan
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A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (can⁴).
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A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan).
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Variante de ZhanAlternative form of Zhan, A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Étymologie
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.
Étymologie
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.
Étymologie
From Khmer ចន្ទ (can).
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Variante de Chanambam surname of Meitei originAlternative form of Chanambam surname of Meitei origin
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Variante de Chandam surname of Meitei originAlternative form of Chandam surname of Meitei origin
Étymologie
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān).
Formes
- pluriel
- Chans