Chen

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “wild goose, Anser cinereus”)

Chen f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – often included in genus Anser, including the snow goose.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Anserinae - subfamily

• (genus): Chen caerulescens (snow goose), Chen rossii (Ross's goose), Chen canagica (emperor goose) - species

• Chenonetta
• Alopochen
• Cyanochen
• Neochen

• Chen (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anser on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chen on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• (from Wade-Giles) Ch'en

From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan, Chan, and Tran.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Chen (plural Chens)

1. (US, ethnic slur, offensive) A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.

Chen

1. A surname from Chinese.

• Chan (Cantonese variant)
• Tan (Hokkien variant)
• Trần (Vietnamese variant)

Chen

1. Rōmaji transcription of チェン

From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén). Doublet of Tan and Chan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen/, [ˈt͡ʃen]

Chen

1. a surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin