Chen

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “wild goose, Anser cinereus”)

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – often included in genus Anser, including the snow goose.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Anserinae - subfamily

• (genus): Chen caerulescens (snow goose), Chen rossii (Ross's goose), Chen canagica (emperor goose) - species

• Chenonetta
• Alopochen
• Cyanochen
• Neochen

• Chen (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anser on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chen on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• Ch'en (Wade–Giles)

From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Chen (plural Chens)

1. (US, ethnic slur, offensive) A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.

Chen

1. A surname from Chinese.
   • 2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 19 August 2022, World News‎:

     Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.

• Chan (Cantonese variant)
• Tan (Hokkien variant)
• Trần (Vietnamese variant)

Chen

1. Rōmaji transcription of チェン

Borrowed from Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan and Chan.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen/ [ˈt͡ʃɛn]
    • Rhymes: -en
    • Syllabification: Chen
  • IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃən/ [ˈt͡ʃən] (Mandarin Pinyin-literate)
    • Rhymes: -ən

Chen (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin