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大臣

dà chén

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

大臣 (dà chén) means "minister, chancellor". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 大臣 means

1. chancellor (of a monarchy)
2. cabinet minister

The characters in 大臣

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…

Example sentences

• 国王受够了他的大臣们总是对他阿谀奉承，于是把他们遣散了。
  Guówáng shòugòu le tā de dàchén men zǒngshì duì tā ēyú-fèngchéng, yúshì bǎ tāmen qiǎnsàn le.
  The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

Words containing 大臣

• 外交大臣wài jiāo dà chénForeign Secretary; (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 船政大臣Chuán zhèng Dà chénMinister of Navy during Qing times
• 财务大臣cái wù dà chénfinance minister
• 财政大臣cái zhèng dà chénfinance minister; UK chancellor of exchequer
• 防卫大臣fáng wèi dà chénminister of defense (esp. in Japan)
• 内阁总理大臣Nèi gé Zǒng lǐ Dà chénformal title of the Japanese prime minister

Where 大臣 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dǎ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dà chén correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.