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Zhen (surname)
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Zhen (Chinese: 甄; pinyin: Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Chen; Cantonese Yale: Yan1), is a Chinese family name that takes the 205th place in the Hundred Family Surnames. The Chinese character for Zhen is the same in traditional and simplified characters. It is usually romanised as Yan or Yen in Cantonese (commonly used in Hong Kong). In Vietnamese the surname is written as Trân.
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![]() Zhen surname in regular script | |
Pronunciation | Zhēn (Pinyin) Chin (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Zhen, Chen(Mandarin) Yan, Yen (Cantonese) Chin (Hokkien) Gyeon (Korean) Chân (Vietnamese) |
Derivative(s) | Gyeon |
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