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村 cūn

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村 cūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cūn | cun1
English translation
village
variant of 村 cūn [cūn]
village, hamlet; vulgar, uncouth

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About 村 cūn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

村 cūn

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of 村 cūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木寸

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

寸 cùn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 寸 cùn represents the sound. Simplified form of 邨 cūn .

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Example sentences using 村 cūn

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他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

村庄 cūn zhuāng 座落 zuò luò 在 zài 城镇 chéng zhèn 之 zhī 东 Dōng 十五 shí wǔ 哩 lī 处 chǔ .

The village is 15 miles east of the town.

我们 wǒmen 对 duì 这 zhè 景象 jǐng xiàng 看厌了 le , 就 jiù 慢慢 màn màn 地 de 逛进去,走进 zǒu jìn 林生村.

When we were tired of this sight, we wandered slowly into Ringsend.

我们 wǒmen 村 cūn 连老带 dài 小 xiǎo 共 gòng 200人 rén 左右 zuǒyòu .

There are altogether some 200 people in our village, including the old people and children.

他 tā 是 shì 那 Nā 个 gè 村庄 cūn zhuāng 里 lǐ 最 zuì 富有 fù yǒu 的 de 人 rén .

He is a the richest man inside that village.

Words with 村 cūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
村 cūn village村 cūn
农村 nóngcūn rural area農村
乡村 xiāng cūn rustic鄉村
村子 cūn zi village村子 cūn zi
村民 cūn mín villager村民 cūn mín
村庄 cūn zhuāng village村莊
村里 cūn lǐ village村里 cūn lǐ
村长 cūn zhǎng village chief村長
村落 cūn luò village村落 cūn luò
中村 Zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname)中村 Zhōng cūn
山村 shān cūn mountain village山村 shān cūn
中关村 Zhōng guān cūn Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores中關村
新村 xīn cūn new housing development新村 xīn cūn
村委会 cūn wěi huì village committee村委會
野村 Yě cūn Nomura (Japanese surname)野村 Yě cūn
村镇 cūn zhèn hamlet (place)村鎮
城中村 chéng zhōng cūn shantytown城中村 chéng zhōng cūn
西村 Xī cūn Nishimura (Japanese surname)西村 Xī cūn
村姑 cūn gū village girl村姑 cūn gū
村寨 cūn zhài (stockaded) village村寨 cūn zhài

村 cūn Decomposition & Compounds

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村 cūn Decomposition

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