Zhen (surname)

Zhen
Zhen surname in regular script
PronunciationZhēn (Pinyin)
Chin (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Zhen, Chen(Mandarin)
Yan, Yen (Cantonese)
Chin (Hokkien)
Gyeon (Korean)
Chân (Vietnamese)
Derivative(s)Gyeon

Zhen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhēn; Wade–Giles: Chen; Cantonese Yale: Yan1), is a Chinese family name that takes the 205th place in the Hundred Family Surnames. The Chinese character for Zhen is the same in traditional and simplified characters. It is usually romanised as Yan or Yen in Cantonese (commonly used in Hong Kong). In Vietnamese the surname is written as Trân.