臣 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)

Contained in

• 贤臣(賢臣) a worthy official
• 财务大臣(財務大臣) finance minister
• 朝臣 court councilor
• 谋臣猛将(謀臣猛將) strategic experts and powerful generals
• 近臣 a member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle
• 位极人臣(位極人臣) to have reached the highest official positions
• 姦臣危其君 treacherous officials endanger their ruler
• 重臣 important minister; major figure in government
• 讥臣(譏臣) ridicule the ministers
• 臣宰 a state minister
• 君臣 a ruler and his ministers
• 骨鲠之臣(骨鯁之臣) fish bone of a minister; person one can rely on for candid criticism
• 亲贤臣(親賢臣) wise and virtuous counsellors were made welcome
• 臣子 an official in feudal court; a subject
• 臣道 official duties
• 臣僚 court official
• 名臣 important official or statesman (in feudal China)
• 臣宦 a state official
• 奸臣 a treacherous official
• 乱臣贼子(亂臣賊子) rebels and traitors ; general term for scoundrel
• 臣工 all statesmen and officials
• 臣服 to acknowledge allegiance; to serve; to be subject to ; to admit defeat
• 爱臣(愛臣) favorite ministers
• 贞臣(貞臣) an upright and loyal minister
• 群臣 many ministers
• 史臣 official in charge of public records
• 不臣之心 a heart that is not loyal
• 姦臣 a treacherous official
• 直臣 an upright or frank minister
• 船政大臣 Minister of Navy during Qing times
• 臣一主二 one minister can choose which ruler to serve
• 弄臣 minister for entertainment
• 柄臣 powerful official; big shot
• 争臣(爭臣) minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
• 不臣 to fail in official duties ; to fail in etiquette
• 逆臣 rebellious minister
• 臣民 subject
• 不能臣使 not able to bring into subjection
• 功臣 a minister who has given outstanding service ; someone who meritoriously completes a task
• 掌玺大臣(掌璽大臣) chancellor (rank in various European states); grand chancellor
• 忠臣 faithful official

Also contained in

外交大臣 、 财政大臣 、 吴任臣 、 微臣 、 五位君臣 、 宠臣 、 人臣 、 王臣 、 梅尧臣 、 车臣

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
• 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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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
• 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
• 素臣 (素臣) 丘明爲素臣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 2
• 臣扈 (臣扈) 臣扈 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — 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
• 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
• 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