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Chén

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Chén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Chén | Chen2
English translation
surname Chen
vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
to lay out
to exhibit
to display
to narrate
to state
to explain
to tell
old
stale
to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname

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About Chén

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

chén

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

To place  facing east  Dōng

Etymology of Chén

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

阝东

Explanation

Simplified form of chén . Originally written as zhèn . The chē (chariot) component was changed to dōng (east) to distinguish the two characters.

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Example sentences using Chén

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这个 zhè ge 房间 fángjiān Wén 起来 qǐlai 有股发霉 fā méi de Chén 味儿 wèi r .

The room smelled musty and stale.

zhuǎn qíng de dīng zhāo 那些 nà xiē 陈列品.

He could not keep his eyes off of the exhibits.

那个 nà ge 店员 diàn yuán xiǎng hōng 我们 wǒmen mǎi xià 一些 yī xiē 陈列 chénliè 许久 xǔ jiǔ de 衣服 yīfu .

The salesman tried to palm us off with some shop - soiled clothes.

陈静 lèng : “ shì ?

Chen Jing was astonished, " You? "

陈君宜 朱吟 Qiū duì kān zhāo zhòu le 眉头 méi tóu .

Chen Chun - yi and Chu Yin - chiu looked at one another and frowned.

Words with Chén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Chén to lay out chén
陈述 chénshù an assertion陳述
陈水扁 Chén Shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 Mín jìn dǎng politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008陳水扁
陈年 chén nián old陳年
陈旧 chénjiù old-fashioned陳舊
新陈代谢 xīnchéndàixiè metabolism (biology)新陳代謝
陈列 chénliè to display陳列
陈词滥调 chén cí làn diào cliché陳詞濫調
陈奕迅 Chén Yì xùn Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor陳奕迅
陈皮 chén pí orange peel陳皮
陈毅 Chén Yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972陳毅
陈列室 chén liè shì display room陳列室
陈凯歌 Chén Kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director陳凱歌
陈冠希 Chén Guān xī Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor陳冠希
陈云 Chén Yún Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist陳雲
陈腐 chén fǔ trite陳腐
推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate推陳出新
陈规 chén guī outmoded conventions陳規
陈设 chén shè to display陳設
陈独秀 Chén Dú xiù Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated陳獨秀
陈云林 Chén Yún lín Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会 Hǎi xiá Liǎng àn Guān xi Xié huì [Hǎi​xiá​Liǎng​'àn​Guān​xi​Xié​huì] (2008-2013)陳雲林
陈诉 chén sù to state陳訴
陈述句 chén shù jù declarative sentence陳述句
坦陈 tǎn chén to reveal坦陳

Chén Decomposition & Compounds

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Chén Decomposition

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