chén

  1. chén noun minister; statesman; official
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臣' n 2; Kroll 2015 '臣' 2, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '臣', p. 40; Rouzer 2007, p. 35; Unihan '臣'; XHZD '臣' 3. p. 82)
  2. chén noun Kangxi radical 131
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '臣' n 5)
  3. chén noun a slave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奴隶 (Guoyu '臣' n 1; Kroll 2015 '臣' 3, p. 46; XHZD '臣' 1. p. 82)
  4. chén pronoun you
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A respectful form of address for a more senior figure; or meaning 'I' if spoken by the official (Guoyu '臣' n 3; Kroll 2015 '臣' 1a, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '臣', p. 40; Rouzer 2007, p. 235; XHZD '臣' 2. p. 82)
  5. chén proper noun Chen
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '臣' n 4)
  6. chén verb to obey; to comply
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of服从; as in 称臣 'become the subject of a ruler' (Guoyu '臣' v 1; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 421)
  7. chén verb to command; to direct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of统率 (Guoyu '臣' v 2; Kroll 2015 '臣' 1b, p. 46)
  8. chén noun a subject
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臣' 1, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '臣', p. 40)
  9. chén noun minister; counsellor; āmātya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: āmātya, Japanese: shin, or: jin, Tibetan: blon po (BCSD '臣', p. 982; Mahāvyutpatti 'āmātyaḥ'; MW 'āmātya'; Unihan '臣')

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

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  • Scroll 12 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 58 , has English translation
  • Scroll 28 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 48
  • Scroll 29 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 47 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 46 , has English translation
  • Scroll 46 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 43
  • Scroll 1 Mūlasarvāstivādanidānamātṛkā (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Nituona Mu De Jia) 根本說一切有部尼陀那目得迦 — count: 40
  • Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 39
  • Scroll 28 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事 — count: 37
  • Scroll 1 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 36
  • Scroll 1 Ayuwang Xi Huai Mu Yinyuan Jing 阿育王息壞目因緣經 — count: 31

Collocations

  • 兵臣 (兵臣) 主兵臣即集四兵 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 58
  • 臣宝 (臣寶) 六者藏聖臣寶 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 55
  • 藏臣 (藏臣) 即勅藏臣 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 26
  • 圣臣 (聖臣) 主寶聖臣 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 25
  • 臣曰 (臣曰) 勅藏臣曰 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 17
  • 臣施护 (臣施護) 西天譯經三藏朝奉大夫試光祿卿傳法大師賜紫臣施護等奉 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 17
  • 大师臣 (大師臣) 西天譯經三藏朝奉大夫試光祿卿明教大師臣法賢奉 — The Sage of Men Sutra (Ren Xian Jing) 人仙經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
  • 臣言 (臣言) 王即如臣言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 15
  • 臣佐 (臣佐) 有諸臣佐 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 臣白王 (臣白王) 諸臣白王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 14