Chuukese

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Noun

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chen

  1. grace

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French chien (dog).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chen

  1. dog

Ligurian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chen m

  1. plural of can

Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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  • ĉenvery rare shorthand

Romanization

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chen (chen5chen0, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄣ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

chen

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chén.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chěn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chèn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French

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Noun

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chen oblique singularm (oblique plural chens, nominative singular chens, nominative plural chen)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chien

Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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Preposition

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chen

  1. Lenited form of cen.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chen

  1. Alternative spelling of chenn

Vietnamese

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Verb

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chen (, 󱢨, , , , 𢷆, , 󰭦, , 𦍫)

  1. to get into a crowd, to elbow into, to jostle
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See also

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Derived terms