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# chon

a fragment or a name (Chon — not a common English word)

«chon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian and Hispanic families. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#m1)
2. Not a common English word: it may be a fragment of a longer word cut off in a text. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#m2)

### In the lessons

Children may meet it as part of a person's name in a story or class list. It does not carry an everyday English meaning on its own. If it appears alone in a text, check if it is a name or part of a broken word.

### Examples

- Mr Chon is our new music teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x1)
- The book was written by a Korean author called Chon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x2)
- "Chon" on the list was the start of a longer word cut off by the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x3)
- Ji-ho Chon won the spelling bee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x4)
- We learned that Korean names put the family name first, as in Chon Ji-ho. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x5)
- Ask the person how they like their name said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/#x6)

### Note

A name gets a capital letter: «Chon». It is not an English dictionary word, and there is no plural. Its sound depends on the family: often «chon» or «jun». Nothing more should be invented about it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chon.html) on Mova free.