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sǔn

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sǔn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sǔn | sun3
English translation
to decrease
to lose
to damage
to harm
(coll.) to speak sarcastically
to deride
caustic
mean
one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)
to damage, to harm

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About sǔn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

sǔn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of sǔn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌员

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. Simplified form of sǔn .

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Example sentences using sǔn

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估计 gūjì Xiàng 损失 sǔnshī 8000 Yuán .

I estimate the damage at 8000 yuan.

那块损坏 sǔnhuài le de 砖头 zhuān tou 点一点 de qiāo diào ,然后 ránhòu 换上一块 yī kuài Xīn de .

I chip away the damaged brick and replaced it with a new one.

土壤 tǔrǎng zēng Shī 有机质 huì 促进 cùjìn gài de 损失 sǔnshī .

Additions of organic matter to soil hasten calcium losses.

易碎 yì suì de 瓷器 cí qì 经过 jīngguò 颠簸 diānbǒ de 旅途 lǚ tú réng 完好无损 wán hǎo wú sǔn .

The fragile china survived the bumpy journey safe and sound.

Guò duō de 葡萄 pútao 活力 huólì chā ,可能 kěnéng huì 出现 chūxiàn 以下 yǐ xià 作物 zuò wù dōng de 损害 sǔn hài .

Excessive vine vigor may occur following poor crops and winter bud damage.

Words with sǔn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
损失 sǔnshī loss損失
损伤 sǔn shāng to harm損傷
损害 sǔn hài harm損害
sǔn to lose sǔn
损坏 sǔnhuài to damage損壞
亏损 kuīsǔn deficit虧損
受损 shòu sǔn to suffer damage受損
磨损 mó sǔn abrasion磨損
破损 pò sǔn to become damaged破損
完好无损 wán hǎo wú sǔn in good condition完好無損
缺损 quē sǔn defective缺損
损毁 sǔn huǐ to ruin損毀
损耗 sǔn hào wear and tear損耗
损益 sǔn yì profit and loss損益
毁损 huǐ sǔn impair, damage毀損
有损 yǒu sǔn to be harmful (to)有損
损友 sǔn yǒu bad friend損友
劳损 láo sǔn strain (medicine)勞損
损人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others損人利己
贬损 biǎn sǔn to mock貶損
耗损 hào sǔn to waste耗損
损人 sǔn rén to harm others損人

sǔn Decomposition & Compounds

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sǔn Decomposition

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