chen

See also: Chen, chẽn, chén, chën, chèn, chên, Chén, chēn, chěn, -chen, ch'en, and Ch'en

Chuukese

Noun

chen

1. grace

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Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keŋ/

Noun

chen m

1. plural of can

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ĉen — very rare shorthand

Romanization

chen (chen⁵／chen⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄣ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

chen

1. Nonstandard spelling of chēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chén.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chěn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chèn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Old French

Noun

chen oblique singular, m (oblique plural chens, nominative singular chens, nominative plural chen)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chien

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲen]

Preposition

chen

1. Lenited form of cen.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲen͈]

Noun

chen

1. Alternative spelling of chenn

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛŋ˧˧]

Verb

chen • (𢫔, 𢷆, 𧿐, 𨆁)

1. to get into a crowd, to elbow into, to jostle

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chen chúc
• chen lấn

 

Related terms

• xen

See also

• chèn