Chen
nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //t͡ʃɛn//
A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
noun
- 1
A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
Etymology
From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.
proper noun
- 1
A surname from Chinese.
Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.
Forms
- plural
- Chens
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