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班禅额尔德尼

Bān chán É ěr dé nídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama / abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Bān chán]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-66bf6046257a8456. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

班禪額爾德尼 班禅额尔德尼 [Ban1 chan2 E2 er3 de2 ni2] /Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama/abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Ban1 chan2]/

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Other forms in these source records: 班禪額爾德尼

  • 班
    bān

    team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

    Bān

    surname Ban

  • 禅
    chán

    dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)

    shàn

    to abdicate

  • 额
    é

    forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 德
    dé

    virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

    Dé

    Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]

  • 尼
    ní

    Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.