臣 chén
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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
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 , 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)
Contained in
- 君臣 a ruler and his ministers
- 老臣 an old minister
- 不能臣使 not able to bring into subjection
- 臣子 an official in feudal court; a subject
- 史臣 official in charge of public records
- 掌玺大臣(掌璽大臣) chancellor (rank in various European states); grand chancellor
- 臣道 official duties
- 不臣之心 a heart that is not loyal
- 小臣 a minor official ; a court eunuch
- 臣服 to acknowledge allegiance; to serve; to be subject to ; to admit defeat
- 名臣 important official or statesman (in feudal China)
- 财务大臣(財務大臣) finance minister
- 臣属(臣屬) official in feudal court; subject
- 奸臣 a treacherous official
- 朝臣 court councilor
- 贰臣(貳臣) turncoat official
- 家臣 a counselor
- 防卫大臣(防衛大臣) minister of defense (especially in Japan)
- 幸臣 favorite minister
- 弄臣 minister for entertainment
- 功臣配享 recognition for a worthy official
- 使臣 court official ; public security official ; palace music official
- 谋臣武将(謀臣武將) strategic experts and powerful generals
- 直臣 an upright or frank minister
- 疆臣 frontier official
- 贞臣(貞臣) an upright and loyal minister
- 不臣 to fail in official duties ; to fail in etiquette
- 俯首称臣(俯首稱臣) to bow before ; to capitulate
- 谋臣如雨(謀臣如雨) strategic experts as thick as rain; no shortage of advisers on strategy
- 名为外臣(名爲外臣) nominally a foreign vassal
- 臣妾印 a subject or concubine seal
- 臣顺(臣順) to pledge allegiance to
- 谋臣(謀臣) imperial strategic adviser; expert on strategy
- 内臣(內臣) chamberlain
- 位极人臣(位極人臣) to have reached the highest official positions
- 讥臣(譏臣) ridicule the ministers
- 大臣 chancellor; minister
- 贤臣(賢臣) a worthy official
- 近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
Also contained in
中臣鎌足 、 丰臣秀吉 、 议政王大臣 、 李舜臣 、 五位君臣 、 开国功臣 、 人臣 、 微臣 、 诤臣 、 吴任臣 、 文臣 、 财政大臣
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 231
- 卷二百五十八 列傳第一百四十六 許譽卿 華允誠 魏呈潤 毛羽健 吳執御 章正宸 黃紹杰 傅朝佑 姜埰 熊開元 詹爾選 湯開遠 成勇 陳龍正 Volume 258 Biographies 146: Xu Yuqing, Hua Yuncheng, Wei Chengrun, Mao Yujian, Wu Zhiyu, Zhang Zhengchen, Huang Shaojie, Fu Chaoyou, Jiang 埰, Xiong Kaiyuan, Zhan Erxuan, Tang Kaiyuan, Cheng Yong, Chen Longzheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 133
- 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 122
- 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 112
- 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 104
- 卷三十八 Scroll 38 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 103
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 100
- 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 100
- 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 95
- 卷二十二 本紀第二十二: 武宗一 Volume 22 Annals 22: Wuzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 93
Collocations
- 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: 23
- 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
- 奔走臣 (奔走臣) 奔走臣我 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 2
- 三臣 (三臣) 若不從三臣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
- 臣扈 (臣扈) 臣扈 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 2
- 舜臣 (舜臣) 舜臣堯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — 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