-chan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

English

Etymology 1

From the Japanese honorific ちゃん (-chan).

Suffix

-chan

1. (anime and manga fandom) Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.

   Coordinate term: -kun

Translations

nominal affix indicating familiarity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小 (zh) (xiǎo), 醬／酱 (zh) (jiàng)

• Japanese: ちゃん (ja) (-chan)
• Korean: 짱 (-jjang)
• Marathi: -चान (-cān)
• Russian: -тян (-tjan)
• Ukrainian: -чян (-čjan)

Etymology 2

In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel.

Suffix

-chan

1. (Internet slang) Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan.

Related terms

• chan

Anagrams

• Cahn, Ch*na

Irish

Suffix

-chan m

1. forms verbal nouns from first-conjugation verbs ending in -igh

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -chan

Japanese

Romanization

-chan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃん

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-chan
Brazilian standard	-chan
New Tribes	-chan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-t͡ʃaŋ]

Suffix

-chan

1. allomorph of -tan used for stems that end in i