They say Zen cultivates our mind.
Source: tatoeba (273842)
Zen
//zɛn//
Synonyms for "zen" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (9)
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
54 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- زَن name (denomination of Buddhism)
- زِن name (denomination of Buddhism)
- زِن name (denomination of Buddhism)
Armenian
1 entries- ձեն name (denomination of Buddhism)
Bashkir
1 entries- Дзэн name (denomination of Buddhism)
Burmese
1 entries- ဇင်ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ name (denomination of Buddhism)
Chinese
2 entries- 禪 /禅 name (denomination of Buddhism)
- 禪宗 /禅宗 name (denomination of Buddhism)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 禪 /禅 name (denomination of Buddhism)
- 禪宗 /禅宗 name (denomination of Buddhism)
Czech
1 entries- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Esperanto
1 entries- zena name (denomination of Buddhism)
Finnish
3 entries- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
- zenbuddhalaisuus name (denomination of Buddhism)
- zenbuddhismi name (denomination of Buddhism)
French
1 entries- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Georgian
1 entries- ძენი name (denomination of Buddhism)
German
1 entries- Zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Greek
1 entries- Ζεν name (denomination of Buddhism)
Hebrew
1 entries- זן name (denomination of Buddhism)
Hindi
2 entries- ज़ेन name (denomination of Buddhism)
- झेन name (denomination of Buddhism)
Hungarian
1 entries- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Irish
2 entries- Búdachas Zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
- Zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Japanese
2 entries- 禅 name (denomination of Buddhism)
- 禅宗 name (denomination of Buddhism)
Kazakh
1 entries- Дзен name (denomination of Buddhism)
Korean
2 entries- 선 name (denomination of Buddhism)
- 선종 name (denomination of Buddhism)
Lao
1 entries- ເຊັນ name (denomination of Buddhism)
Malayalam
1 entries- സെൻ name (denomination of Buddhism)
Marathi
2 entries- जेन name (denomination of Buddhism)
- झेन name (denomination of Buddhism)
Persian
1 entries- ذن name (denomination of Buddhism)
Polish
2 entries- zen adj (of or related to Zen Buddhism)
- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Portuguese
1 entries- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Punjabi
2 entries- زین name (denomination of Buddhism)
- ਜ਼ੇਨ name (denomination of Buddhism)
Russian
2 entries- дзен name (denomination of Buddhism)
- дзэн name (denomination of Buddhism)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ध्यान name (denomination of Buddhism)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සෙන් name (denomination of Buddhism)
Spanish
3 entries- zen adj (of or related to Zen Buddhism)
- budismo zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
- zen name (denomination of Buddhism)
Telugu
1 entries- జెన్ name (denomination of Buddhism)
Thai
1 entries- เซน name (denomination of Buddhism)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཟེན name (denomination of Buddhism)
Urdu
1 entries- زین name (denomination of Buddhism)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Thiền Tông name (denomination of Buddhism)
- thiền name (denomination of Buddhism)
Yiddish
1 entries- זען name (denomination of Buddhism)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
Source: tatoeba (273843)
He sat in Zen meditation.
Source: tatoeba (296696)
Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.
Source: tatoeba (401976)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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