禪讓

See also: 禅让

Chinese

		abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism	to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow
trad. (禪讓)		禪	讓
simp. (禅让)		禅	让

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànràng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ joeng⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siān-niū / siān-liōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànràng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànràng
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴-jang⁴
  - Yale: shàn-ràng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannranq
  - Palladius: шаньжан (šanʹžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin⁶ joeng⁶
  - Yale: sihn yeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ joeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jœːŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-niū
  - Tâi-lô: siān-niū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnniu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² niũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: siān-liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²²/

Verb

禪讓

to abdicate and hand over the crown to another person
堯帝禪讓／尧帝禅让 ― Yáo Dì chánràng ― (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

This term is only used when the successor is not a member of the former royal family.

Derived terms

禪讓制／禅让制 (shànràngzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (禪讓):

→ Japanese: 禅(ぜん)譲(じょう) (zenjō)

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