Chinese Character Dictionary

阴险

yīn xiăn

treacherous

阴险毒辣

yīn xiăn dú là

treacherous and murderous

阴离子

yīn lí zĭ

negative ion

阴离子部位

yīn lí zĭ bù wèi

anionic site

阴云

yīn yún

dark cloud

阴电

yīn diàn

negative electric charge

阴霾

yīn mái

haze

阴面

yīn miàn

shady side

阴风

yīn fēng

to raise an ill wind

阴骘

yīn zhì

charitable acts performed in secret

阴郁

yīn yù

gloomy

阴魂

yīn hún

ghost

阴魂不散

yīn hún bù sàn

lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)

陲

chuí

frontier

陈

Chén

surname Chen

陈仁锡

Chén Rén xī

Chen Renxi (181-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author

陈仲琳

Chén Zhòng lín

Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳 (c. 167-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星

陈伯达

Chén Bó dá

Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism

陈仓

Chén cāng

ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Băo jī Shì], Shaanxi

陈仓区

Chén cāng Qū

Chencang District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Băo jī Shì], Shaanxi

陈元光

Chén Yuán guāng

Chen Yuanguang (67-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kāi zhāng shèng wáng], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng zhōu], Fujian

陈兵

chén bīng

to deploy troops

陈再道

Chén Zài dào

Chen Zaidao

陈冠希

Chén Guān xī

Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor

陈凯歌

Chén Kăi gē

Chen Kaige (192-), Chinese movie director

陈列

chén liè

to display

陈列室

chén liè shì

display room

陈列台

chén liè tái

stall

陈厚

Chén Hòu

Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor

陈可雄

Chén Kĕ xióng

Chen Kexiong (190-), novelist

陈寿

Chén Shòu

Western Jin dynasty 西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志

陈天华

Chén Tiān huà

Chen Tianhua (187-190), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 190

陈奏

chén zòu

to present a memorial (to the Emperor)

陈奕迅

Chén Yì xùn

Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor

陈套

chén tào

set pattern

陈娇

Chén Jiāo

Chen Jiao, first wife of emperor 漢武帝|汉武帝[Hàn Wŭ dì], died c. 110 BC

陈尸

chén shī

to lay out the corpse

陈巴尔虎旗

Chén bā ĕr hŭ qí

Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hū lún bèi ĕr], Inner Mongolia

陈希同

Chén Xī tóng

Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident

陈年

chén nián

old

陈德良

Chén Dé liáng

Tran Duc Luong (former president of Vietnam)

陈忱

Chén Chén

Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传

陈恭尹

Chén Gōng yĭn

Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

陈情

chén qíng

to give a full account

陈抟

Chén Tuán

Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage

陈放

chén fàng

to display

陈方安生

Chén fāng An1 shēng

Anson Chan (1940-)

陈景润

Chén Jĭng rùn

Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist

陈书

Chén shū

History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shí sì Shĭ], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yáo Sī lián] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls

陈木胜

Chén Mù shèng

Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

陈桥兵变

Chén qiáo bīng biàn

the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty

陈毅

Chén Yì

Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 19, Mayor of Shanghai in 190s, PRC foreign minister 198-1972

陈水扁

Chén Shuĭ biăn

Chen Shui-Bian (190-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008

陈冲

Chén Chōng

Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress

陈炯明

Chén Jiŏng míng

Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 192 and fled to Hong Kong

陈独秀

Chén Dú xiù

Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated

陈皮

chén pí

orange peel

陈省身

Chén Xĭng shēn

Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician

陈米

chén mĭ

old rice

陈纳德

Chén nà dé

(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II