| 陈 | chén | to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale; surname Chen; vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC; Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) |
| 陈毅 | Chén yì | Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 |
| 陈述 | chén shù | an assertion; to declare; to state |
| 新陈代谢 | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 陈列 | chén liè | to display; to exhibit |
| 陈旧 | chén jiù | old-fashioned |
| 陈独秀 | Chén Dú xiù | Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated |
| 陈天华 | Chén Tiān huà | Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 |
| 陈腐 | chén fǔ | trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude |
| 推陈出新 | tuī chén chū xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time |
| 陈炯明 | Chén Jiǒng míng | Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong |
| 陈设 | chén shè | to display; to set out; furnishings |
| 条陈 | tiáo chén | to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior |
| 陈寿 | Chén Shòu | Western Jin dynasty 西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三国志 |
| 陈规 | chén guī | outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways |
| 陈醋 | chén cù | mature vinegar |
| 陈迹 | chén jì | past events; relics from a former age; ruins |
| 南朝陈 | Nán cháo Chén | Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) |
| 推陈布新 | tuī chén bù xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; advancing all the time |
| 敷陈 | fū chén | to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative |
明修栈道，
暗渡陈仓 | míng xiū zhàn dào ,
àn dù Chén cāng | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 暗渡陈仓 | àn dù Chén cāng | secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 横陈 | héng chén | to lie in disarray; to cut across; to traverse |
| 沥陈鄙见 | lì chén bǐ jiàn | to state one's humble opinion (idiom) |
| 菌陈蒿 | jūn chén hāo | tarragon |
| 铺陈 | pū chén | to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail; to describe at great length; to elaborate |
| 陈仁锡 | Chén Rén xī | Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author |
| 陈仲琳 | Chén Zhòng lín | Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investure of the Gods 封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陆西星 |
| 陈伯达 | Chén Bó dá | Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism |
| 陈仓 | Chén cāng | ancient name of Bǎojī city 宝鸡市, Shǎnxī; Chencang district of Baoji city |
| 陈仓区 | Chén cāng qū | Chencang district of Bǎojī city 宝鸡市, Shǎnxī |
| 陈元光 | Chén Yuán guāng | Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 开漳圣王, i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian |
| 陈兵 | chén bīng | to deploy troops; to mass troops |
| 陈再道 | Chén Zài dào | Chen Zaidao |
| 陈冠希 | Chén Guān xī | Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor |
| 陈凯歌 | Chén Kǎi gē | Chen Kaige, Fifth Generation movie director |
| 陈列室 | chén liè shì | display room |
| 陈列台 | chén liè tái | stall |
| 陈厚 | Chén Hòu | Peter Chen Ho, Chinese actor |
| 陈可雄 | Chén Kě xióng | Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist |
| 陈奏 | chén zòu | to present a memorial (to the Emperor) |
| 陈奕迅 | Chén Yì xùn | Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor |
| 陈套 | chén tào | set pattern; old habit |
| 陈尸 | chén shī | to lay out the corpse |
| 陈巴尔虎旗 | Chén bā ěr hǔ qí | Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia |
| 陈希同 | Chén Xī tóng | Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tian'anmen incident |
| 陈年 | chén nián | old; stored for many years |
| 陈德良 | Chén Dé liáng | Tran Duc Luong (former president of Vietnam) |
| 陈忱 | Chén Chén | Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水浒后传 |
| 陈恭尹 | Chén Gōng yǐn | Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet |
