Chen

Chen is not American.

Chen is not a businessperson.

Chen is not a university student.

Chen is not Korean.

Chen is a teacher.

In German, "Mädchen" actually takes a neutral article, like most nouns that end in "-chen".

Chinese diver Chen Aisen earned a perfect score on his last dive.

A Chabad rabbi, Abraham Chen, saw Peter Kropotkin as a tsadik.

A Chabad rabbi, Abraham Chen, saw Peter Kropotkin as a tzaddik.

On the 22nd of March of 2022, I went to the pizzeria twice, in the morning and in the afternoon. I went to the cafe to have Strawberry Coconut Drink in the crowded afternoon. Sitting at different, but proximate tables, were Don, a white man with glasses, and Chen, a stocky Chinese. They were talking. Don was about the same age group as my younger brother Paolo; both went to Rideau Elementary School, whilst I went to Errington Elementary School. I remembered that the Rideau school field was just mounds of dirt with an impromptu mountain bike circulating racetrack. There were red poppies growing. I imagined Star Wars' Jawas lurking in the mounds. It was the late 1970s.