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juàn

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juàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
juàn | juan4
English translation
tired
old variant of juàn [juàn]
tired, weary

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About juàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

juàn

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A curled-up  juǎn  person  rén juǎn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of juàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻卷

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Example sentences using juàn

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yǒu de Huán wèi 厌倦 yàn juàn chuán 一样 yīyàng de 徐徐 xú xú 的划 háng .

Some had not yet wearied of their gentle boat - like paddling.

zài xiǎng , ” shuì , “ de liǎn yòu lǎo yòu 疲倦 píjuàn .

'You are thinking,'he said,'that my face is old and tired.

de 经验 jīngyàn 教训 jiàoxun ,不过 bùguò shì cāng nèi 孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn de 夜校 yè xiào 学生 xuésheng Zhōng 多数 duō shù rén de 经验教训罢了 bà le .

His experience was only the experience of the majority of that industrious night - school in the cabin.

de liǎng jiá shǎng fēi rǎn le 嫣红 yān hóng ,眼睛 yǎnjing shì 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng de , què dài zhāo fēn 倦态.

Her cheeks were delicately flushed and her eyes clear and sparkling , though slightly tired.

非常 fēicháng 疲倦 píjuàn , tǎng kào zài 椅子 yǐzi shǎng .

He was very tired and sank into a chair.

Words with juàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
厌倦 yàn juàn to be weary of厭倦
疲倦 píjuàn to tire疲倦 píjuàn
juàn tired juàn
倦怠 juàn dài worn out倦怠 juàn dài
孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn assiduous (in study)孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn
困倦 kùn juàn tired困倦 kùn juàn
诲人不倦 huì rén bù juàn instructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects)誨人不倦
劳倦 láo juàn exhausted勞倦
惫倦 bèi juàn tipsy憊倦

juàn Decomposition & Compounds

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juàn Decomposition

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