Pinyin "chen1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "chen1" is split up into two parts: "ch" and "(e)n1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ch"

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n1"

In front of the encampment.

Characters pronounced chen1

(literary) to stop / kindhearted
to be angry at / to be displeased and annoyed
to stare at angrily / variant of 嗔[chen1]
to pull / to stretch / to draw sth out