# 大臣 (dàchén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大臣 (dàchén) means “minister (of a monarchy)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: minister (of a monarchy)
- Pinyin: dàchén (da4 chen2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 国王召集了几位大臣开会。
  Guówáng zhàojíle jǐ wèi dàchén kāihuì.
  The king summoned several ministers for a meeting.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- 臣 (chén): state official or subject in dynastic China; Kangxi radical 131

https://hanziro.com/word/da-chen-minister/

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