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
- 谋臣猛将(謀臣猛將) strategic experts and powerful generals
- 臣虏(臣虜) slave
- 财务大臣(財務大臣) finance minister
- 不能臣使 not able to bring into subjection
- 贞臣(貞臣) an upright and loyal minister
- 谋臣武将(謀臣武將) strategic experts and powerful generals
- 讥臣(譏臣) ridicule the ministers
- 臣妾印 a subject or concubine seal
- 臣子 an official in feudal court / a subject
- 爱臣(愛臣) favorite ministers
- 忠臣 faithful official
- 谗臣(讒臣) a slanderous official
- 重臣 important minister / major figure in government
- 小臣 a minor official ; a court eunuch
- 谋臣(謀臣) imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
- 臣庶 subjects [of a ruler]
- 不臣 to fail in official duties ; to fail in etiquette
- 俯首称臣(俯首稱臣) to bow before / to capitulate
- 朝臣 court councilor
- 臣服 to acknowledge allegiance / to serve / to be subject to ; to admit defeat
- 逆臣 rebellious minister
- 贰臣(貳臣) turncoat official
- 臣民 subject
- 直臣 an upright or frank minister
- 臣僚 court official
- 史臣 official in charge of public records
- 争臣(爭臣) minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
- 船政大臣 Minister of Navy during Qing times
- 谋臣如雨(謀臣如雨) strategic experts as thick as rain / no shortage of advisers on strategy
- 幸臣 favorite minister
- 臣下 an official in feudal court
- 贤臣(賢臣) a worthy official
- 信谗臣(信讒臣) trusted slanderous officials
- 臣工 all statesmen and officials
- 弄臣 minister for entertainment
- 内阁总理大臣(內閣總理大臣) formal title of the Japanese prime minister
- 掌玺大臣(掌璽大臣) chancellor (rank in various European states) / grand chancellor
- 柄臣 powerful official / big shot
- 名臣 important official or statesman (in feudal China)
Also contained in
宠臣 、 丰臣秀吉 、 梅尧臣 、 诤臣 、 开国功臣 、 文臣 、 吴任臣 、 车臣 、 李舜臣 、 微臣 、 议政王大臣 、 中臣鎌足
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 233
- 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: 123
- 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 112
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 104
- 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: 104
- 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: 96
- 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: 96
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: 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
- 献臣 (獻臣) 汝劼毖殷獻臣 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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