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Chen

//t͡ʃɛn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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