車臣

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (車臣)		車	臣
simp. (车臣)		车	臣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chēchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chēchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chechén
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻê¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: Chē-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chechern
    • Palladius: Чэчэнь (Čɛčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ san⁴
    • Yale: chē sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Etymology 1

Qing-era transliteration of Manchu ᠴᡝᠴᡝᠨ (cecen), in turn from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠨ (čečen), an assimilated variant of ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠨ (sečen, “smart”). Doublet of 薛禪／薛禅.

Noun

車臣

1. (attributive, historical) A qualifier added in Mongol aristocratic titles.

Derived terms

• 車臣汗／车臣汗
• 車臣汗部／车臣汗部

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian чече́н- (čečén-, root).

Proper noun

車臣

1. (～共和國) Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)

Derived terms

• 車臣人／车臣人 (chēchénrén)
• 車臣語／车臣语