大臣 meaning in English

dàchén

chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister

HSK 7-9noun9 strokes

Meaning of 大臣

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

大臣 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

国guó王wáng受shòu够gòu了le他tā的de大dà臣chén们men总zǒng是shì对duì他tā阿ē谀yú奉fèng承chéng,于yú是shì把bǎ他tā们men遣qiǎn散sàn了le。
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

臣 chén · minister · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 大臣.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
大海dàhǎisea; ocean
大门dàménentrance; door

Questions about 大臣

What does 大臣 mean?

大臣 (dàchén) means "chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 大臣?

大臣 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 臣 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 大臣 an HSK word?

Yes. 大臣 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.