chen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chen"

Chuukese

Noun

chen

1. grace

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French chien (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̃/

Noun

chen

1. dog

Ligurian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keŋ/

Noun

chen m

1. plural of can

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ĉen — very rare shorthand

Romanization

chen (chen⁵／chen⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄔㄣ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傖／伧

chen

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

Usage notes

• 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

Noun

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chien

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲen]

Preposition

chen

1. Lenited form of cen.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲen͈]

Noun

chen

1. Alternative spelling of chenn

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛŋ˧˧]

Verb

chen • (眞, 󱢨, 擅, 羶, 氈, 𢷆, 扦, 󰭦, 旃, 𦍫)

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

Related terms

• xen

See also

• chèn

Derived terms

• bon chen
• chen chân
• chen chúc
• chen lấn