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大臣 dàchén

大臣 dàchén Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 大臣 dàchén .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dàchén | da4 chen2
English translation
chancellor (of a monarchy)
cabinet minister

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Traditional form

大臣 dàchén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 大臣 dàchén

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with outstretched arms, representing the meaning "big".

Positional decomposition

一人

Number of Strokes

3
Chén

Explanation

Pictograph of an eye, similar to . Based on the original meaning "to glare at", now written as chēn . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

fāng ⿻⿱丨丨

Number of Strokes

6

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大臣 dàchén 直接 zhíjiē 警告 jǐnggào 内阁 nèi gé 要么 yào me 大幅 dà fú 削减 xuē jiǎn 公共 gōng gòng 开支 kāizhī ,要么 yào me Jiā shuì .

The chancellor bluntly warned the Cabinet to axe public spending or face higher taxes.

大臣 dàchén men 认为 rènwéi zài 大选 dà xuǎn qián 停止 tíng zhǐ 征收 zhēngshōu 人头税 rén tóu shuì 至关重要 zhì guān zhòng yào

Ministers believed it was vital to dump the poll tax before the election.

讨厌 tǎoyàn 这位 zhè wèi 大臣 dàchén de 程度 chéngdù 几乎 jīhū 讨厌大臣的助理 zhùlǐ 一样 yīyàng

He liked the Secretary no better than his assistant.

外交大臣 wài jiāo dà chén jiù gāi 条约 tiáoyuē 发表 fābiǎo de 观点 guāndiǎn yǒu 大量 dà liàng 记述 jì shù bìng bèi 屡屡 lǚ lǚ 提及 tí jí

The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated.

内务 nèi wù 大臣 dàchén zhēng 考虑 kǎolǜ 制定 zhìdìng 一项针对 zhēnduì 跟踪 gēnzōng 骚扰 sāorǎo de Xīn 法律 fǎlǜ

The Home Secretary is considering a new law against stalking.

大臣 dàchén Decomposition

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大臣 dàchén Compounds

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    • tiān
      • Guān
        • sòng
          • xx ,
        • juǎn
          • juān , juàn , quán , quǎn , quán , quān , quán , juǎn , quán , , , , , , , , , quǎn , , , , ,
        • quán
        • Zhèng
        • juàn
          • ,
        • téng
          • téng ,
        • juǎn
          • quān , juǎn
        • téng
        • juàn
        • téng
        • juàn
        • téng
        • juàn
          • yìng , yàng , , , yǎng , ,
        • juàn
          • , , lèi
        • lián , téng , quàn , zhèn , , huàn , guān , chéng , quān , zhèn , téng , shèng , juàn , xiǎng , dài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zòu
        • , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • hào
      • guǐ
        • kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , què , kuí , , , , , , ,
      • tūn , cán , wěng , xiān , , , , , ,
    • tài
        • ,
      • tài , tài , tài , tài , tài , dāi , tài , tài , tuó , , , dài ,
    • yīn
      • ēn
      • yān , yīn , yān , yīn , yān , yīn , yīn , yīn , yān , yīn , , yīn , yīn , yīn , , , , ,
    • tóu
    • Měi
      • gēng , měi , měi , měi , měi , , měi
    • shī
      • Tiě , diē , zhì , dié , , , , zhì , chì , dié , zhí , , dié , dié , zhì , zhì , zhí , dié , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • guī
        • qián , jiàn , , ,
      • jiā
      • niǎn
      • guī
        • guī , , , , kuī ,
        • , zuǎn , , , , , ,
      • niǎn
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , guī , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • lèi
      • lèi
        • ,
    • Ào
      • ào , , , , ǎo ,
    • fèn
    • shuǎng
      • shuǎng , , , , , , , ,
    • jiān
    • nài
      • nài , , nǎi , nài
    • kuā
        • huà
      • kuǎ , kuà , kuà , , kuà , , , , kuǎ , páo , kuā , 洿, , , , , , , , , kuā , , , , ,
    • bēn
      • bēn , , , , , , , ,
    • quǎn
      • yàn
        • , , ,
      • chòu
        • xiù , qiǔ , xiù , , chòu , ,
      • xiàn
        • , , , , , , ,
        • lèi , , liè , , , ,
      • jiā
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • biāo
        • biāo ,
        • , , , , , , ,
        • yàn
          • , , , , , , 檿, , yàn , yǎn ,
      • xiàn
        • ,
      • zhuàng , , , fèi , áo , shū , yǎn , yìn , yóu , dāi , shòu , quǎn , rán , , , , zhuàng , , jiǎng , , shòu , , ,
    • yāng
      • Yīng
        • yīng , yīng , yīng , Yīng , yīng , yīng , yīng , yīng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • huàn
      • yìng , àng , yāng , yāng , yāng , yàng , yāng , jiǎn , yǎng , yǎng , yāng , yāng , yāng , , , , , , , , , , , , , yāng
      • xiē , qiè , , qiè , , xiè , , xiē , , , , , , qiā
      • , , , , , , , , , , tiě , , , , , , ,
    • kuí
      • kuí , kuí , kuǐ , , ,
    • shē
      • , ,
    • mǎng
    • yāo
      • tiǎn
        • tiān , tiǎn , tián , , , tiàn
      • tūn
        • qiáo
          • juē , juē , jiāo , xiāo , jiāo , jiǎo , qiáo , jiǎo , qiáo , , , , jiāo , , , qiáo , , , , jiǎo , , , , qiáo , , , jiào , , , jiāo
      • xiào , yuè , yāo , ǎo , ào , yāo , , , , , , , , , yǐng , , , , , , ,
    • yǎn
    • shǐ
      • zhī
          • ,
        • níng , ài , , , , , , , chī , , ,
        • , , , ,
      • hóu
        • hòu , hóu , hóu , hòu , hóu , hóu , hóu , hóu , gōu , hòu , , hóu , 帿, , , ,
      • zhì
      • duǎn , ǎi , jiǎo , cuó , , kuǎn , hóu , shěn , zēng , yuē , , yǐng , , jiǎo , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 谿, , , , , ,
    • fán
    • ào
      • ō , ào , , ,
    • jiā
        • qiáng , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng
      • mài
        • , miàn , miàn , pào , , , móu , , , , , , , , , , miàn , ,
      • xiá , xié , jiá , , , xiá , xiá , , , jiá , , , jiá , jiá ,
    • guài
      • kuài
      • jué
      • kuài , quē , jué , guì , mèi , jué , jué , jué , jué , , jué , jué , , , , jué , , jué , , , jué ,
    • zhā
    • shì
    • juàn
      • liè , , lèi
    • ruǎn
      • ruán , ruǎn , réng , nuǎn , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • ,
    • tāo
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
      • bào
      • zòu
      • chūn
        • chǔn , 椿 chūn , chūn , , , , , , , chūn , , , , , , , chūn
      • fèng
        • bàng , pěng , fèng , fěng , běng , běng , běng , , bàng
      • qín
        • zhēn , qín , zhēn , qín , zhēn , zhēn , qín , , , , , ,
      • chōng
        • , zhuāng ,
    • huàn
    • tái
    • , tào , jiǎng , qìng , duó , qiān , , sān , diàn , , tuó , , fèn , hāng , lián , zàng , , , kuǎng , diǎn , fěi , jiǎng , yūn , jiǎng , , shì , , , cuàn , , , , , , , , 夿, , , , , , , , , , , lián , ,
    • , bào , , , , , , tuó
  • Chén
    • zāng
      • , ,
    • jiān
      • lán
        • ,
      • làn , gān , lǎn , xiàn , , , , gān , , kǎn , , , , lán , , 繿, jiàn , lán , jiàn
    • qiān
      • xián
        • , , ,
      • jiān
        • , qiān , , , , jiān
      • jǐn , qiān , kēng , qìn , , , , shèn , , shù ,
      • ,
    • , , , huàn , , yín , zhěn , chén , lǎn , , , , , , lín , , , , ,
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