chén

exhibit, display; plead; surname

DEFINITIONS

陳 chén
  • surname Chen
  • Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  • Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
  • to lay out
  • to exhibit
  • to display
  • to narrate
  • to state
  • to explain
  • to tell
  • old
  • stale

WORDS

情 chén qíng to give a full account
摶 chén tuán Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
放 chén fàng to display
方安生 chén fāng ān shēng Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)
景潤 chén jǐng rùn Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
書 chén shū History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
木勝 chén mù shèng Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
橋兵變 chén qiáo bīng biàn the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
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
水扁 chén shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
沖 chén chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
炯明 chén jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
獨秀 chén dú xiù Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
皮 chén pí orange peel; tangerine peel; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
省身 chén xǐng shēn Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
米 chén mǐ old rice; rice kept for many years
納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
紹 chén shào old Shaoxing wine
美 chén měi Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
腐 chén fǔ trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude
舊 chén jiù old-fashioned
規 chén guī outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
規舊習 chén guī jiù xí old rules and customs
規陋習 chén guī lòu xí outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
設 chén shè to display; to set out; furnishings