| 沉思 | chén sī | to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation |   |
| 冥想 | míng xiǎng | to meditate / meditation | |
| 静心 | jìng xīn | meditation | |
| 禅 |  chán | dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism) | |
| 瞑想 | míng xiǎng | to muse / to think deeply / contemplation / meditation | |
| 静修 | jìng xiū | contemplation / meditation | |
| 打坐 | dǎ zuò | to sit in meditation / to meditate | |
| 面壁 | miàn bì | to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc | |
| 参禅 | cān chán | to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation | |
| 坐禅 | zuò chán | to sit in meditation / to meditate | |
| 修心养性 | xiū xīn yǎng xìng | to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation | |
| 澡身浴德 | zǎo shēn yù dé | to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness | |
| 禅堂 | chán táng | meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) | |
| 解深密经 | Jiě shēn mì jīng | Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha | |
| 内观 | nèi guān | to introspect / to examine oneself / (Buddhism) vipassana meditation (seeking insight into the true nature of reality) | |
| 走火入魔 | zǒu huǒ rù mó | to be obsessed with sth / to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation | |
| 经行 | jīng xíng | to perform walking meditation | |
