Chinese Notes

臣 chén

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)
chén noun Kangxi radical 131
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '臣' n 5)
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)
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)
chén proper noun Chen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '臣' n 4)
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)
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)
chén noun a subject
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臣' 1, p. 46; Mathews 1931 '臣', p. 40)

大臣 chancellor / minister
功臣 a minister who has given outstanding service
君臣 a ruler and his ministers
臣妾印 a subject or concubine seal
臣下 an official in feudal court
群臣 a group of ministers / all ministers
近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
弄臣 minister for entertainment
家臣 a counselor
臣僚 court official
忠臣 faithful official
臣妾 I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
臣子 an official in feudal court / a subject
谋臣(謀臣) imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
内臣(內臣) chamberlain
臣服 to acknowledge allegiance / to serve / to be subject to ; to admit defeat
臣虏(臣虜) slave
臣属(臣屬) official in feudal court / subject
重臣 important minister / major figure in government
朝臣 court councilor
史臣 official in charge of public records
逆臣 rebellious minister
奸臣 a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state
臣民 subject
臣仆(臣僕) slaves and servants
谋臣猛将(謀臣猛將) strategic experts and powerful generals
幸臣 favorite minister
功臣配享 recognition for a worthy official
贤臣(賢臣) a worthy official
小臣 a minor official ; a court eunuch
老臣 an old minister
柄臣 powerful official / big shot
臣一主二 one minister can choose which ruler to serve
臣宦 a state official
臣宰 a state minister
臣工 all statesmen and officials
臣庶 subjects [of a ruler]

Truncated for common words

臣闻 (臣聞) 臣聞愛子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 20
商臣 (商臣) 大子商臣譖子上曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
羣臣 (羣臣) 衞文公能正其羣臣而刺在位 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧相鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Xiang Shu — count: 4
虎臣 (虎臣) 進厥虎臣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧常武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Chang Wu — count: 3
厥臣 (厥臣) 臣克艱厥臣 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
臣尧 (臣堯) 舜臣堯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
仆臣 (僕臣) 僕臣正 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書冏命 Zhou Shu - Charge to Jiong — count: 2
陪臣 (陪臣) 陪臣敢辭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
臣人 (臣人) 臣人克有常憲 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 2
臣达 (臣達) 以厥庶民暨厥臣達大家 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書梓材 Zhou Shu - Timber of the Rottlera — count: 2