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xún

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xún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xún | xun2
English translation
to follow
to adhere to
to abide by
to obey, to follow, to comply with

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About xún

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xún

Contains the radical

chì

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Etymology of xún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

彳盾

Semantic compound

chì

Phonetic compound

dùn

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Example sentences using xún

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乙醛酸循环体发现 fāxiàn 油脂 yóu zhī 种子 zhǒngzi de 贮藏 zhù cáng 组织 zǔzhī Zhōng .

Glyoxysomes are found in the storage tissues of fatty seeds.

zài Sān suō suān 循环 xúnhuán Zhōng tiān 冬氨酸可以 kěyǐ bèi 分解 fēnjiě .

Aspartic acid can be broken down in the KREBS CYCLE.

Dōng yǒng 铁路 tiě lù zhàn zhì 机场 jīchǎng ( 客运 kè yùn 大楼 dà lóu ) ( 循环 xúnhuán 线 xiàn )

Tung Chung Railway Station to Airport ( Passenger Terminal Building ) ( Circular )

zhè 实质 shízhì shǎng shì 一种 yī zhǒng 狭隘 xiáài de 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù de 照顾 zhàogu 孩子 háizi de 方法 fāngfǎ

It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.

惊异 jīng yì de 发现 fāxiàn rén hěn 容易 róngyì zài 不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué Zhōng 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù 起来 qǐlai

It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine.

Words with xún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
循环 xúnhuán to cycle循環
遵循 zūnxún to follow遵循 zūnxún
xún to follow xún
循规蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to act according to convention循規蹈矩
恶性循环 è xìng xún huán vicious circle惡性循環
循序渐进 xúnxùjiànjìn in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally循序漸進
循环系统 xún huán xì tǒng circulatory system循環系統
因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù diehard conservative attitudes因循守舊
循环赛 xún huán sài round-robin tournament循環賽
循循善诱 xún xún shàn yòu to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)循循善誘
因循 yīn xún to procrastinate因循 yīn xún
依循 yī xún to follow依循 yī xún
循化 Xún huà Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区 Hǎi dōng dì qū [Hǎi​dōng​dì​qū], Qinghai循化 Xún huà
循环性 xún huán xìng recurrent循環性
循化县 Xún huà xiàn Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区 Hǎi dōng dì qū [Hǎi​dōng​dì​qū], Qinghai循化縣
循化撒拉族自治县 Xún huà Sǎ lā zú Zì zhì xiàn Xunhua Salazu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区 Hǎi dōng dì qū [Hǎi​dōng​dì​qū], Qinghai循化撒拉族自治縣
循环论证 xún huán lùn zhèng circular argument循環論證
循环小数 xún huán xiǎo shù recurring decimal循環小數

xún Decomposition & Compounds

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xún Decomposition

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