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. home
2. family
3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
4. classifier for families or businesses
5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個

1. house with more than 1 story
2. storied building
3. floor

classifiers: 層, 座, 棟