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Ch'en

name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Mandarin.

    "Later CH'EN Ch'eng obtained permission for YEH to reside with him in En-shih, Hupeh on the personal responsibility of CH'EN; but soon after YEH and his family arrived CH'EN Ch'eng's new command in western Yunnan made it impossible for CH'EN himself to reside at En-shih. Thereupon CH'EN suggested to CHANG Fa-k'uei, a friend of YEH's, that the latter move with his family to Kwangsi."

Etymology

From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ch'en².

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