陈
Chénchén HSK7

exhibit, display

陈 (陳) Chén frequency
surname proper name
the common Chinese family name Chen

陈先生是这家公司的经理。

Chén xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Chen is the manager of this company.

dynasty time word
the Chen Dynasty (557–589), the last of the Southern Dynasties

陈朝的开国皇帝是陈霸先。

Chén cháo de kāi​guó huáng​dì shì Chén Bà​xiān.

The founding emperor of the Chen Dynasty was Chen Baxian.

state place name
a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1045–479 BC)

陈国是周代的一个诸侯国。

Chén​guó shì Zhōu​dài de yī gè zhū​hóu​guó.

Chen was a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty.

陈 (陳) chén
display verb
to lay out, exhibit, or display

他把几件珍贵的古玩陈在书架上。

tā bǎ jǐ jiàn zhēn​guì de gǔ​wán chén zài shū​jià shàng.

He displayed several precious antiques on the bookshelf.

narrate adjective
to state, explain, tell, or narrate

他向老师详陈了整件事的来龙去脉。

tā xiàng lǎo​shī xiáng chén le zhěng jiàn shì de lái​lóng​qù​mài.

He explained the whole sequence of events in detail to the teacher.

old verb
old, stale, or preserved for a long time

这些酒都是陈的，味道十分醇厚。

zhè​xiē jiǔ dōu shì chén de, wèi​dao shí​fēn chún​hòu.

These wines are all aged and have a very mellow flavor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
525th most common 402.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,715th most common 31.2 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.5 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
64.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
陳
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+9648

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)