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陳

chén

exhibit, display; plead; surname

Strokes
10
Radical
阜
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 陈

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 陈, the simplified form of 陳. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这是陈年旧信。

    Zhè shì chén nián jiù xìn

    This is an old letter.

  • 我想撤回我之前的陈述。

    Wǒ xiǎng chè huí wǒ zhī qián de chén shù

    I would like to retract my previous statement.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 陈

  • 陈述chén shù 2–4 an assertion; to declare; to state
  • 陈旧chén jiù 2–4 old-fashioned
  • 新陈代谢xīn chén dài xiè 1–2–4–4metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
  • 陈列chén liè 2–4 to display; to exhibit