Word Meaning 禅問答

ぜんもんどう zemmondou

禅問答 is read as ぜんもんどう (zemmondou) and means Zen dialogue.

Meaning

English

  1. Zen dialogue
  2. Zen questions and answers

Reading

Kana

ぜんもんどう

Romaji

zemmondou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 11087 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

愚問愚答

ぐもんぐとう

silly questions and silly answers

問答

もんどう

questions and answers

押し問答

おしもんどう

arguing back and forth

自問自答

じもんじとう

answering one's own question

想定問答

そうていもんどう

anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)

筆問筆答

ひつもんひっとう

question and answer in writing

公会問答

こうかいもんどう

catechism

一問一答

いちもんいっとう

answering question by question

蒟蒻問答

こんにゃくもんどう

irrelevant and incoherent dialogue

問答無益

もんどうむえき

there being no use in arguing (about it)

問答無用

もんどうむよう

there being no use in arguing (about it)

問答法

もんどうほう

dialectic