"Changchien" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Changchiens [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 張簡 /张简 (Zhāngjiǎn) Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chien³. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|張簡}} Mandarin 張簡 /张简 (Zhāngjiǎn), {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Changchien (plural Changchiens)
  1. A surname from Mandarin.
    Sense id: en-Changchien-en-name-FLxmAR-a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010 January 8, “Interview with Actor Louis Ozawa Changchien on Upcoming Film \"Predators\"”, in GIGAZINE:",
          "text": "Louis Ozawa Changchien is a Japanese American actor who is casted as Hanzo, one of the people abducted by Predators who must fight for his life in the alien's hunting field on an alien planet.",
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          "ref": "2010 May 26, Ernio Hernandez, “Cambodian-American Teen Seeks Change in Second Stage Uptown's Year Zero”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Playbill:",
          "text": "Year Zero stars Maureen Sebastian and Louis Ozawa Changchien in the Second Stage Theatre 2010 Uptown Series presentation.",
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          "ref": "2016 August 18, Diep Tran, “Truth, Lies and Chinese Art Inspire ‘a Puzzle Box of a Play’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2016, Theater:",
          "text": "The play begins even before the audience members sit down; they first walk through an exhibit that culminates with a full-size art installation piece (the Play Company requested that details not be revealed here). Then a Chinese artist named Lin Bo (played by Louis Ozawa Changchien) enters and recounts how he was jailed for dissidence.",
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          "ref": "2021 October 10, Fang Chih-hsien, Kayleigh Madjar, “Kaohsiung centenarians receive visit from mayor”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2021, Taiwan News, page 3:",
          "text": "Chen lastly visited 100-year-old former martial artist Changchien Chan Ching-yeh (張簡詹清葉) in Daliao District (大寮).",
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          "text": "Chen lastly visited 100-year-old former martial artist Changchien Chan Ching-yeh (張簡詹清葉) in Daliao District (大寮).",
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