1. surname Chen
2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 Nán Cháo

1. (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
2. (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
3. old; stale

1. matter
2. thing
3. item
4. work
5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)