臣 (san4 | chen2) : minister; statesman; vassal

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臣

san4

chen2

[1] [n] subject; vassal [2] [v] subjugate; conquer [3] [n] minister; statesman; official [4] a term for "I" used when addressing the king or emperor [5] a polite term for "I"

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 臣 (#131)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

臣

This word has been viewed 7558 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Apr 2014 23:49

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箍臣 ku1 seon2 = a cushion (loanword) 粵

拉臣 laai1 san4*2 = a license (loanword)

大臣 daai6 san4 da4 chen2 = chancellor; minister

花臣 faa1 san4*2 = fashion (as a loanword) 粵

老臣子 lou5 san4 zi2 = an elder (in a company) 粵

內臣 noi6 san4 nei4 chen2 = chamberlain

朝臣 ciu4 san4 chao2 chen2 = a courtier

卜臣 buk1 san4*2 = [n] boxing

打卜臣 daa2 buk1 san4*2 = [v] (playing sport of) boxing, to box

重臣 zung6 san4 zhong4 chen2 = important minister; major figure in government
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 臣
Unicode code for this character: U+81e3 (off-site link)

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