"chen" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
陈炳德 陳炳德 chén bǐng dé Chen
陈晓旭 陳曉旭 chén xiǎo xù Chen
陈诚 陳誠 chén chéng Chen
陈其美 陳其美 chén qí měi Chen
Chinese Pinyin Translation
阿扁 ā biǎn A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
陈子昂 陳子昂 chén zǐ áng Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
称 稱 chèn to fit / to match / to suit / (coll.) to have / to possess / Taiwan pr. [cheng4] syn
寒伧 寒傖 hán chen ugly / shameful / to ridicule / variant of 寒磣|寒碜[han2 chen5] syn
沉 chén v., adj. to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn
趁 趂 chèn prep. to avail oneself of / to take advantage of syn
綝 chēn (literary) to stop / kindhearted
陈水扁 陳水扁 chén shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
时辰 時辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day syn
三国志 三國志 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
陈毅 陳毅 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
陈云 陳雲 chén yún Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
陈独秀 陳獨秀 chén dú xiù Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
陈胜 陳勝 chén shèng Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
寒碜 寒磣 hán chen ugly / shameful / to ridicule syn
吴广 吳廣 wú guǎng Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
辜振甫 gū zhèn fǔ Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat
陈伯达 陳伯達 chén bó dá Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
陈寿 陳壽 chén shòu Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
陈炯明 陳炯明 chén jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
陈 陳 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale syn
陈香梅 陳香梅 chén xiāng méi Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2]
沉 chēn pitch-dark / see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1] syn
陈希同 陳希同 chén xī tóng Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident
陈天华 陳天華 chén tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
施明德 shī míng dé Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
臣 chén state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 syn
晨 chén morning / dawn / daybreak syn
沈 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy / variant of 沉[chen2]
尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn
衬 襯 chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially syn
忱 chén sincerity / honesty syn
琛 chēn precious stone / gem syn
嗔 chēn to be angry at / to be displeased and annoyed syn
谌 諶 chén faithful / sincere syn
宸 chén imperial apartments syn
谶 讖 chèn (literary) prophecy / omen
碜 磣 chěn gritty (of food) / unsightly
抻 chēn to pull / to stretch / to draw sth out syn
郴 chēn name of a district in Hunan
榇 櫬 chèn Sterculia plantanifolia / coffin syn
龀 齔 chèn to replace the milk teeth
瞋 chēn (literary) to stare angrily / to glare
蔯 chén a variety of artemisia
茞 chén fragrant plant / angelica
霸王别姬 霸王別姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
陈冲 陳沖 chén chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
陈仁锡 陳仁錫 chén rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
陈冠希 陳冠希 chén guān xī Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
水浒后传 水滸後傳 shuǐ hǔ hòu zhuàn Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2]
陈忱 陳忱 chén chén Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传
賝 chēn (gem)
煁 chén brazier
陈凯歌 陳凱歌 chén kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
疢 chèn (disease)
搷 chēn to beat / to winnow
陈露 陳露 chén lù Lu Chen (1976-), PRC figure skater, 1995 world champion
陈再道 陳再道 chén zài dào Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
儭 chèn to assist / to give alms
杨振宁 楊振寧 yáng zhèn níng Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
张震 張震 zhāng zhèn Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
丁青 dīng qīng Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
丁青县 丁青縣 dīng qīng xiàn Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
倒扁 dǎo biǎn Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
十二时辰 十二時辰 shí èr shí chen twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
南朝陈 南朝陳 nán cháo chén Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
唐宣宗 táng xuān zōng Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱[Li3 Chen2], reigned 846-859
囊谦 囊謙 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
囊谦县 囊謙縣 náng qiān xiàn 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
堆龙德庆 堆龍德慶 duī lóng dé qìng Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
堆龙德庆县 堆龍德慶縣 duī lóng dé qìng xiàn Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
措勤 cuò qín Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong
措勤县 措勤縣 cuò qín xiàn Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong
时辰未到 時辰未到 shí chen wèi dào the time has not yet come
李忱 lǐ chén Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗[Xuan1 zong1] (810-859), reigned 846-859
牙碜 牙磣 yá chen gritty (of foodstuffs) / fig. jarring speech syn
玛沁 瑪沁 mǎ qìn Maqên or Maqin county (Tibetan: rma chen rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
玛沁县 瑪沁縣 mǎ qìn xiàn Maqên or Maqin county (Tibetan: rma chen rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
许仲琳 許仲琳 xǔ zhòng lín Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]
金川 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
金川县 金川縣 jīn chuān xiàn 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
铺衬 鋪襯 pū chen patch of cloth
开漳圣王 開漳聖王 kāi zhāng shèng wáng Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
陈仲琳 陳仲琳 chén zhòng lín Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1shen2 Yan3yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1xing1]
陈元光 陳元光 chén yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
陈厚 陳厚 chén hòu Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor
陈可雄 陳可雄 chén kě xióng Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist
陈恭尹 陳恭尹 chén gōng yǐn Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
陈抟 陳摶 chén tuán Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
陈景润 陳景潤 chén jǐng rùn Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
陈书 陳書 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
陈云林 陳雲林 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[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] (2008-2013)
双蕊兰 雙蕊蘭 shuāng ruǐ lán double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species
梣 chén Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
爯 chèn to fit / to match / to suit / (coll.) to have / to possess / Taiwan pr. [cheng4] / old variant of 稱|称[chen4]
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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