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"2": "yue",
"3": "陳",
"tr": "Can⁴"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (Can⁴)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "en",
"3": "Chan"
},
"expansion": "English Chan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "Tan",
"3": "Chen"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Tan and Chen",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 陳 /陈 (Can⁴), via English Chan. Doublet of Tan and Chen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "Chan (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)",
"name": "tl-proper noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Chan"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"Chan"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog surnames",
"Tagalog surnames from Cantonese"
],
"glosses": [
"a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese"
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃan/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃan̪]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtsan/",
"note": "no palatal assimilation"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡san̪]",
"note": "no palatal assimilation"
},
{
"rhymes": "-an"
}
],
"word": "Chan"
}
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