Chen

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Chen

  • /t͡ʃɛn/

Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 陳/陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.

noun Chens · Ch'en

  1. US, ethnic, offensive, slur A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.

proper noun Chens · Ch'en

  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.

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Closest in meaning: subgenus chen, chih, jin, sean, hyperborea, wage, wages, yc, morning, chan, yt, tan, sheen, launch, rin, te

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@misc{chen_2026,
  title = {Chen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}