Bān chán Lǎ madictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Panchen Lama
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Original source entry:

班禪喇嘛 班禅喇嘛 [Ban1 chan2 La3 ma5] /Panchen Lama/

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Other forms in these source records: 班禪喇嘛

  • 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

  • 喇
    lā

    (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc

    lǎ

    (phonetic)

  • 嘛
    má

    used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[ǎn má ní bā mī hōng] / (Tw) (coll.) what?

    ma

    modal particle indicating that sth is obvious / particle indicating a pause for emphasis

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.