| 吟唱 | yín chàng | to chant / to recite | ![]() |
| 吟诵 | yín sòng | to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) | ![]() |
| 吟哦 | yín é | to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse | ![]() |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing / to call loudly / to chant | ![]() |
| 哦 | é | to chant | ![]() |
| 呻 | shēn | (literary) to recite / to chant / to intone / (bound form) groan | ![]() |
| 呗 | bài | (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") | ![]() |
| 唪 | fěng | recite / chant | ![]() |
| 讴吟 | ōu yín | song / chant / rhythmic declamation | ![]() |
| 念佛 | niàn fó | to pray to Buddha / to chant the names of Buddha | ![]() |
| 口诀 | kǒu jué | mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc) | ![]() |
| 念经 | niàn jīng | to recite or chant Buddhist scripture | ![]() |
| 念咒 | niàn zhòu | to chant a magic spell / to recite incantations | ![]() |
| 诵经 | sòng jīng | to chant the sutras | ![]() |
| 号子 | hào zi | work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm | ![]() |
| 雅歌 | yǎ gē | part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon | ![]() |
| 夯歌 | hāng gē | rammers' work chant | ![]() |
| 数珠念佛 | shǔ zhū niàn fó | to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom) | ![]() |
| 陀罗尼 | tuó luó ní | incantation (Sanskrit: dharani) / religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) | ![]() |
| 默诵佛号 | mò sòng fó hào | to chant the names of Buddha | ![]() |
| 低吟 | dī yín | to chant softly / to murmur | ![]() |
| 喁 | yú | (literary) (onom.) response chant, echoing another's chanted words | ![]() |
