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陳 chén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chén | chen2
English translation
to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname

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About 陳 chén

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

陳 chén

Contains the radical

阝 yì

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To place 阝 yì facing east 東 dōng

Etymology of 陳 chén

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰阝東

Explanation

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

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Words with 陳 chén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
陈 Chén to lay out陳 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

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