Ch'an

¹ American  

[chahn] / tʃɑn /

noun

Chinese.

1. Zen.

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Chan. ² American  

Or Chanc

abbreviation

1. Chancellor.

2. Chancery.

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Example Sentences

With a record number of contestants vying for a record grand prize, the CH Ballers - the “CH” an ode to three of the members’ days at Campbell Hall High School in Los Angeles - broke the contest’s record for the largest percentage of correct picks.

From Washington Times

Believing with Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism, that inspiration comes in a flash and cannot be long sustained, the Ch'an painter worked in monochrome "as if a whirlwind possessed his hand."

From Time Magazine Archive

But as she becomes more deeply involved in the lives of war refugees, the calm, breadth and mercy of Ch'an Buddhism more and more profoundly draw and disturb her.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ch An early settler in Quebec, 145, 146; goes to Gasp�, 181; remains in Quebec during English occupation, 196, 208.

From Project Gutenberg

Era già l' ora che volge 'l desio A' naviganti, e intenerisce 'l cuore Lo dì ch' an detto a' dolci amici a Dio; "E che lo nuovo peregrin d' amore Punge, se ode squilla di lontano Che paia 'l giorno pianger che si muore," murmured Mr. St. George, half lifting the book in which his bitter mood had sought stinging solace, and where his finger yet kept the place.

From Project Gutenberg