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Chuan

Chuan

See also: chuan, chuán, chuàn, chuān, chuẩn, and chuǎn

Aragonese

Proper noun

Chuan

  1. A male given name, cognate to English John.

chuan

chuan

See also: Chuan, chuān, chuán, chuǎn, chuàn, and chuẩn

Irish

Noun

chuan m

  1. Lenited form of cuan.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuan chuan gcuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mandarin

Romanization

chuan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chuān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chuán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chuǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chuàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.