Chen may refer to:
People
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Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...
(陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname
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Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO
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Chen Chen
Chen Chen (born March 9, 1989) is a Chinese-American poet. His book, ''When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities'', has been longlisted for the 2017 National Book Awards. Chen has served as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at ...
(born 1989), Chinese-American poet
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Hen Lippin
Hen Lippin ( he, חן ליפין, born November 4, 1965 in Beitan Aharon), the youngest of three brothers, is a retired Israeli basketball player.
Career
Lippin joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1984, and played at the club for six seasons, wearing num ...
(born 1965), former Israeli basketball player
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Chen Reiss (born 1979), Israeli operatic soprano
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Ronen Chen (born 1965), Israeli fashion designer
Historical states
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Chen (state)
Chen () was a state founded by the Duke Hu of Chen during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. It existed from c. 1045 BC–479 BC. Its capital was Wanqiu, in present-day Huaiyang County in the plains of eastern Henan province. Chen (surname), Ch ...
(c. 1045 BC–479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state in present-day Anhui and Henan
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Chen (Thessaly), a city-state in ancient Thessaly, Greece
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Chen Commandery
Chen Commandery ( zh, 陳郡) was a Chinese commandery that existed from the late Han dynasty to the Sui dynasty. It was located in present-day eastern Henan province.
For much of the Western Han dynasty, the territory was part of the vassal Prin ...
, a commandery in China from Han dynasty to Sui dynasty
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Chen dynasty (557–589), a Chinese southern dynasty during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
Businesses and organizations
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Council for Higher Education in Newark Started in 1971, the Council for Higher Education in Newark, CHEN, consisted of four public institutions of higher learning in Newark, New Jersey including: New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers– ...
(CHEN)
* Chen ( he, ח״ן), acronym in Hebrew for the
Women's Army Corps
The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an Auxiliaries, auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 15 May 1942 and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the U ...
(, ) a defunct organization in the Israeli Defence Force
* Chen, a brand name used by Mexican frozen food distributor
Sigma Alimentos
Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V., also known as Sigma or Sigma Alimentos, is a Mexican multinational food processing and distribution company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico. It produces and distributes refrigerated foods, mainly ...
Other uses
*''Chen'', a genus of geese which is now generally included in ''
Anser
Anser may refer to:
People
* Anser (poet), poet of ancient Rome
* Anser Farooq, Canadian lawyer
Other uses
* ANSER, a security and defense analysis group
* ''Anser'' (bird), a genus of geese
* Anser (putter), a model of golf club made by Pin ...
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Chen's notation, a graphical entity-relationship model devised by Peter Chen
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Chen-style taijiquan
The Chen family-style (陳家、陳氏、陳式 太極拳) or Chen-style Taijiquan is a Northern Chinese martial art and the original form of Taiji. Chen-style is characterized by silk reeling (纏絲勁; chán sī jìn), alternating fast and ...
, a Chinese martial art created by the Chen family
*Chen, a
character from the ''Touhou Project'' video game series
*Chen, a playable panda character in the video game ''
Heroes of the Storm
''Heroes of the Storm'' is a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on June 2, 2015. The game features various characters from Bli ...
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Cheng (disambiguation)
Cheng may refer to:
Chinese states
* Chengjia or Cheng (25–36 AD)
* Cheng Han or Cheng (304–338)
* Zheng (state), or Cheng in Wade–Giles
Places
* Chengdu, abbreviated as Cheng
* Cheng County, in Gansu, China
* Cheng Township, in Malacca, Ma ...
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Khen (disambiguation)
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Zhen (disambiguation) Zhen may refer to:
* Towns of China, called zhèn () in Chinese
* True (China), ''zhen'' in Chinese
* Zhen (surname) (), a Chinese surname
* Balhae Kingdom, originally called Zhen () in Chinese
* Lady Zhen (183-221), wife of Cao Pi of Cao Wei of ...
(Note that Chinese names transcribed ''Zhen'' in the modern Pinyin system were transcribed ''Chen'' in the older Wade–Giles system)
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