HSK 6 · Society

大臣 dàchén “minister (of a monarchy)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大臣 means

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

How to say 大臣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale臣chén2nd tone, rising

大臣 in a sentence

  1. 古时候，大臣们每天都要见皇帝。

    Gǔ shíhou, dàchénmen měitiān dōu yào jiàn huángdì.

    In ancient times, ministers had to see the emperor every day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这位大臣很聪明，常常给国王出主意。

    Zhè wèi dàchén hěn cōngming, chángcháng gěi guówáng chū zhǔyi.

    This minister was very clever and often advised the king.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 大臣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 臣 (chén) drawn as one shape
臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic

臣 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 大臣

大 3 strokes · 臣 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

大臣 (dàchén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 大臣 (dàchén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 大臣

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

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FAQs

大臣 (dàchén) means “minister (of a monarchy)” or “chancellor (of a monarchy)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàchén: dà with a 4th tone, then chén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大臣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dachen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大臣 from the suggestions. Typing dachen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大臣 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.