name
Meaning 1
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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Standard Lemma guide
chan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /tʃæn/
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rhymes with -æn
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/t͡ʃæn/
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CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
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name
Meaning 3
Alternative form of Zhan, A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from Khmer.
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name
Meaning 5
Alternative form of Chanambam surname of Meitei origin
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 6
Alternative form of Chandam surname of Meitei origin
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 7
An IRC channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal
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noun
Meaning 8
An imageboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal
Examples
- more niche chans
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noun
Meaning 9
A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (can4).
Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan).
From the Wade–Giles romanization Chan1 of Mandarin 詹 (Zhān).
From Khmer ចន្ទ (can).
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯆꯥꯟ (cān).
Clipping of channel.
From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.
Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 禪 /禅 (Chán), a development and clipping of Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transcription of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, literally “meditation”). Doublet of dhyana and Zen.