How do you use Chen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Chen in a sentence
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Chen meaning
A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
Synonyms of Chen
Using Chen
- The main meaning on this page is: A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
- Useful related words include: subgenus chen, bird genus.
- In the example corpus, chen often appears in combinations such as: chen and, chen said, chen was.
Context around Chen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chen
- In this selection, "chen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nathan, dpon, citation, yufei, claiming and suole stand out and add context to how "chen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and calvin chen and and that chen was therefore. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chen" sits close to words such as defeats, leone and peaks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chen and Taiwan saw this as a snub and led to Chen's cancellation. (14 words)
At an early age he was coached by Chen Lixing who also coached Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen. (19 words)
Lesbian couple Chen Ying-hsuan, right, and Li Li-chen attend a military mass weddings ceremony in Taoyuan city, northern Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (25 words)
As it turns out though, there was also a second post-credits scene that was conceived for King of the Monsters that would have put the spotlight on the Mothra twins, i.e. sisters Dr. Ilene Chen and Dr. Ling Chen, both played by Zhang Ziyi. (46 words)
He sent for assistance from Chen Suole (see the lineage tree above), who was away according to his sons Chen Shenru and Chen Xunru—despite their being only around fifteen and sixteen years old, the boys volunteered their own help instead. (41 words)
Nathan Chen headlines U.S. squad for World Team TrophyTwo-time world champion Nathan Chen and ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue will lead the U.S. team that competes at the World Team Trophy next month in Fukuoka. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chen's autobiography refuted the idea that she was a concubine. citation Chen claiming that, by the time she married Chiang, he had already divorced Yao, and that Chen was therefore his wife.
He sent for assistance from Chen Suole (see the lineage tree above), who was away according to his sons Chen Shenru and Chen Xunru—despite their being only around fifteen and sixteen years old, the boys volunteered their own help instead.
Each of the top players on the circuit has a nemesis: for Chen Yufei, it’s Yamaguchi (9-16 win-loss), for An Se-Young it’s Chen Yufei (2-8).
At an early age he was coached by Chen Lixing who also coached Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen.
Dr Chen's lawyers from Allen & Gledhill asked for not more than 10 months' suspension, saying Dr Chen had believed that he was acting in the patient's best interest.
He feels stifled by his grandmother, has a complicated relationship with his artist mother (Joan Chen), and gets into sibling screaming matches with his older sister (Shirley Chen), who's about to go to college.
The two men reportedly fought after Chen attacked Rudolph, during which Chen allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Rudolph twice — once in the torso and once in the leg, prosecutors said.
Tiger Chen was a central member of Yuen Woo-ping's fight choreography team on "The Matrix" back in 1999, and Reeves worked with Chen extensively.
As it turns out though, there was also a second post-credits scene that was conceived for King of the Monsters that would have put the spotlight on the Mothra twins, i.e. sisters Dr. Ilene Chen and Dr. Ling Chen, both played by Zhang Ziyi.
Lesbian couple Chen Ying-hsuan, right, and Li Li-chen attend a military mass weddings ceremony in Taoyuan city, northern Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020.
Together, Chen and Jones learned to cook as Chen's two kids played with homemade play dough in a small room at the back of the restaurant.
While Viktor Axelsen, a former world champion, beat top-seeded Chou Tien-chen for the title, Tai Tzu Ying overcame top-seeded Chen Yu Fei to claim her third All England title.
Contributed photo Wingate professors David Brooks, left, and Annie Stankovic, right, flank the winners of the third annual Wingate Piano Competition, from left, Hannah Jen, Ellen Harper, Elijah Chen and Calvin Chen.
Nathan Chen headlines U.S. squad for World Team TrophyTwo-time world champion Nathan Chen and ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue will lead the U.S. team that competes at the World Team Trophy next month in Fukuoka.
Ming Ming Chen was brought into a police interrogation room in January 2017 after investigators found the body of 5-year-old Ashley Zhao hidden in a Jackson Township restaurant owned by Chen and her husband, Liang Zhao.
Chen and Taiwan saw this as a snub and led to Chen's cancellation.
Dittmer and Chen 1981, p. 12. Dittmer and Chen argue that the emphasis on politics made language a very effective form of propaganda, but "also transformed it into a jargon of stereotypes—pompous, repetitive, and boring".
Former president Chen's son stated the act was created to target the now imprisoned former president (陳水扁條款). citation citation citation Health Chen had been admitted to hospital after public protest and support.
Her first marriage, to composer conductor Robert Chen (Zh), citation and with whom she had a daughter, violinist Lyda Chen-Argerich, citation ended in 1964.
If the Sakya lama ever came into conflict with the dpon-chen, the dpon-chen had the authority to send Chinese troops into the region.
Common combinations with chen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chen and 22×
- chen said 8×
- chen was 7×
- and chen 7×
- chen had 7×
- julie chen 6×
- chen moonves 6×
- chen the 5×
- mr chen 5×
- to chen 4×