Meanings
Cen1
plural Cens
- A surname.
The most controversial Ch’ing figure during the boycott movement was probably Ts’en Ch’un-hsuan, the governor-general of Liangkwang. He was called the “suppressor” by certain boycotters, while American officials labeled him the “chief agitator.”
[1983, Shih-shan Henry Tsai, “The Chinese Boycott of 1905: People's Reaction to Exclusion”, in China and the Overseas Chinese in the United States, 1868–1911, Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118
CEN2
- rail transportThe station code of Central in Hong Kong.
Origin
Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 岑 (cén).
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