Usually means: Suffix indicating affection, Japanese origin.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word chan:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. chan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ch'an, Chan, Chan, chan: Wordnik
  3. Chan, -chan, chan: Wiktionary
  4. Ch'an: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Chan, ch'an, chan: Dictionary.com
  6. Ch'an, Chan (disambiguation), Chan (honorific), Chan (surname), Chan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Chan: Rhymezone
  8. -chan: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. chan: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ch'an: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ch'an: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. chan, chan, chan: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  3. CHAN: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Buddhism Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chan)

noun:  (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
noun:  (Internet, informal) An imageboard.
noun:  A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
noun:  A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
noun:  A surname from Chinese.
noun:  (Buddhism) A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.
noun:  A surname from Khmer.
noun:  Alternative form of Chanambam surname of Meitei origin
noun:  Alternative form of Chandam surname of Meitei origin

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