wild goose having white adult plumage
"The migrating chen flew south in a V-formation to escape the winter cold."
A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker.
"The old man asked a passing chen if he could spare some money for his broken bicycle."
"The old wooden bench was covered in moss after years of rain."
A surname, from Chinese of Chinese origin.
"Chen is a common Chinese surname shared by many distinguished families throughout history."
The word chen comes from the Mandarin Chinese surname character Chén. It entered English as a variant spelling related to other similar surnames like Tan and Chan.