禅堂

禪堂
chántáng
noun

Measure Word

一间禅堂 jiān

Meanings

  1. 1 meditation hall

Examples

HSK 4
Jìn chántáng qián yào tuō xié, zuòxia hòu bù néng suíbiàn shuōhuà.
You take off your shoes before entering the meditation hall, and once seated you may not chat.
HSK 7-9
Chántáng lǐ fēicháng ānjìng, zhǐnéng tīngdào zhōngshēng.
The meditation hall is perfectly quiet; all you can hear is the bell.

Tips

usage
禅 here is Chan (Zen) meditation; the character's other reading, shàn, means to abdicate, as in 禅让. A 禅房 is a monk's room; the 禅堂 is the hall where monks sit in meditation together.

Stroke Order

禅 chán
堂 táng