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chún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chún | chun2
English translation
pure
simple
unmixed
genuine
pure, clean; simple, genuine

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About chún

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

chún

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of chún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟屯

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

tún

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and tún represents the sound. Simplified form of chún .

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Example sentences using chún

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zhè shì 纯金 chún jīn ( yín )( zhì ) de .

This is made of solid gold ( silver ).

失败者 shī bài zhě duì 奖品 jiǎng pǐn de 轻视 qīngshì 纯粹 chúncuì shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

The loser's scorn for the award is pure sour grape.

qiāo diào 老头子 lǎo tóu zi ,纯粹 chúncuì shì 出于 chū yú 生意 shēngyì de 考虑 kǎolǜ , ér 不是 bú shi 个人 gèrén 恩怨 ēnyuàn .

And his knocking off the old man is purely business, nothing personal.

防止 fángzhǐ 啤酒 píjiǔ biàn huài de 主要 zhǔyào 方法 fāngfǎ shì yòng chún 酵母菌 jiào mǔ jūn zhū 发酵 fā jiào .

The principal methods of avoiding spoilage are the use of pure yeast strains as starters.

今天 jīntiān de 冠军 guànjūn 确实 quèshí 展现 zhǎnxiàn le 纯种 chún zhǒng 系谱.

The champions really showed their pedigree today.

Words with chún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chún pure chún
单纯 dānchún simple單純
纯粹 chúncuì pure純粹
纯洁 chúnjié pure純潔
纯属 chún shǔ to be purely純屬
纯净 chún jìng pure純淨
纯真 chún zhēn innocent and unaffected純真
纯正 chún zhèng pure純正
纯度 chún dù purity純度
清纯 qīng chún fresh and pure清純
纯种 chún zhǒng purebred純種
纯情 chún qíng a pure heart純情
纯金 chún jīn pure gold純金
纯朴 chún pǔ simple and honest純樸
小泉纯一郎 Xiǎo quán Chún yī láng KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006小泉純一郎
纯白 chún bái pure white純白
提纯 tí chún to purify提純
炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection爐火純青
纯熟 chún shú skillful純熟
纯利 chún lì net profit純利
纯碱 chún jiǎn soda ash純鹼

chún Decomposition & Compounds

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chún Decomposition

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chún Compounds

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