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The Chen Clan Academy in Guangzhou, China. Chen descends from the legendary sage king Emperor Shun from around 2200 BC via the surname Gui (). [9] [10]A millennium after Emperor Shun, when King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 BC), he enfeoffed his son-in-law Gui Man, also known as Duke Hu of Chen or Chen Hugong (陈胡公).
As a Chinese surname, Chin could originate from numerous Chinese characters including the following, listed by their spelling in Mandarin Pinyin: [1]. Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳; simplified Chinese: 陈), spelled Chin based on its pronunciation in multiple varieties of Chinese including Hakka (Hagfa Pinyim: Cin 2; IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹/).
Cen is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 岑 in Chinese character. It is romanized Ts'en in Wade–Giles, and variously as Sam, Sum, Sham, Shum in Cantonese, Gim, Khim, Chim in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chen in other pinyin forms. Cen is listed 67th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1]
Chen Wen-chen (陈文成) – professor of math at Carnegie Mellon, victim of Taiwan KMT persecution of dissidents (see White Terror) Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身) – Wolf Prize , considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century; worked on differential geometry and topology; known for Chern-Simons theory , Chern-Weil theory ...
They say that the 99 in 99 Ranch is a homophone in Mandarin for longevity and that the ranch represents freshness. “As if straight from a ranch,” Alice said. “The double meaning is 99%.
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
While in Taiwan, Chen wrote regularly in the mornings, allotting a time between 7:00 and 11:00 a.m. He wrote quickly, composing up to 1,500 words in an hour. [16] Stylistically, the literary critic Zhang Jiongjiu describes Chen as the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school, continuing the styles of pre-war China. [24]
Chen, a genus of geese which is now generally included in Anser; Chen's notation, a graphical entity-relationship model devised by Peter Chen; Chen-style taijiquan, a Chinese martial art created by the Chen family; Chen, a character from the Touhou Project video game series; Chen, a playable panda character in the video game Heroes of the Storm