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zhen

/dʒɛn/

zhen is the clipping of zhenniao.

Meaning of zhenniao

Noun

zhenniao (plural zhenniao)

  1. A poisonous bird from Chinese mythology that is said to have existed in what is now southern China.
    Synonyms:
    zhen

Proper noun capitalized: Zhen

Zhen (plural Zhens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of zhen

Noun
pluralzhen
Proper noun
pluralZhens

Origin of zhen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甄 (Zhēn).

Questions about zhen

What does zhen mean?
Zhen means a surname.
What is zhen the clipping of?
Zhen is the clipping of zhenniao.
What part of speech is zhen?
Zhen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce zhen?
Zhen is pronounced /dʒɛn/.

Words near zhen in the dictionary

  1. zhelestid
  2. zhelestids
  3. Zheleznogorsk
  4. zhemchuzhnikovite
  5. Zhemgang
  6. zhen
  7. Zhen'an
  8. Zhenba
  9. Zhenbao
  10. Zhenbao Island
  11. Zhenbeipu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zhen (page history and authors); Zhen (page history and authors); zhenniao (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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