chen

chen

1. grace

• IPA^(key): /keŋ/

chen m

1. plural of can

• ĉen (very rare shorthand)

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.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of chien

• IPA^(key): [xʲen]

chen

1. Lenited form of cen.

• IPA^(key): [xʲen͈]

chen

1. Alternative spelling of chenn

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɛŋ˧˧]

chen • (𢫔, 𢷆, 𧿐, 𨆁)

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

• xen

• chèn