Chén
surname Chen
vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC
Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
Chén Shuǐ biǎn
Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008
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
chén
to lay out
to exhibit
to display
to narrate
to state
to explain
to tell
old
stale
chēn
see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
chén
to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy
Zhāng Zhèn
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
chèn
to avail oneself of
to take advantage of
chèn
(of garments) against the skin
to line
lining
to contrast with
to assist financially
chēn
to be angry at
to be displeased and annoyed
Chén Guān xī
Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
Jīn chuān
Jinchuan county (Tibetan: chu chen rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
chén
state official or subject in dynastic China
I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
Kangxi radical 131
Sān guó zhì
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls
shí chen
time
one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
chēn
name of a district in Hunan
Wú jí
Wuji county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊地區|石家庄地区[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 di4 qu1], Hebei
The Promise (name of film by Chen Kaige)
chén
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
Yáng Zhèn níng
Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
Chén Dú xiù
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated
Shī Míng dé
Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
Chén Kǎi gē
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
Chén Yún
Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
bà wáng bié jī
Xiang Yu bids farewell to his favorite concubine (classic subject)
Farewell my concubine (film by Chen Kaige)
chēn
to pull
to stretch
to draw sth out
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[hai3 xia2 liang3 an4 guan1 xi5 xie2 hui4]
Chén Chōng
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
chēn
to stare at angrily
variant of 嗔[chen1]
chén
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
Dǎo Biǎn
Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁 over corruption allegations
Chén Jǐng rùn
Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
shí èr shí chen
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
chěn
gritty (of food)
unsightly
Chén Bó dá
Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
Chén Lù
Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
Dīng qīng
Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
Náng qiān
Nangqên county (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yu4 shu4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
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