1. chan - Noun
2. Chan - Proper noun
chan (plural chans)
(Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
chan (plural chans)
(Internet, informal) An imageboard.
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Chan
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Chan
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Chan
A surname from Chinese.
Chan (uncountable)
(Buddhism) A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.
Chan
A surname from Khmer.
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food. Jet Li
I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan. Jimi Hendrix
Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true. Sarah Michelle Gellar
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Ang Lee
I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that. Chiaki Kuriyama
Chan urrainn do dhuine 'sambith seirbhis a dhéanamh do dhà mhaighstir. Scottish Gaelic Proverb