(n) a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs, Syn. Shi'ite, Shia Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shiite Muslim
[けんちん;けんちゃん;けんちぇん, kenchin ; kenchan ; kenchien] (n) (1) fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; (2) (abbr) (See 巻繊汁) Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (3) (arch) (orig. meaning) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed