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xùn

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xùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xùn | xun4
English translation
to question
to ask
to interrogate
rapid
speedy
fast
news
information
news, information; to question, to interrogate

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About xùn

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

xùn

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of xùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠卂

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

xùn

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Example sentences using xùn

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大约 dàyuē 20 miǎo Hòu ,影音 yǐng yīn 讯号 xùn hào 便 biàn huì 投射 tóu shè zài 银幕 yín mù shǎng .

AV signal will appear on the screen around 20 seconds later.

步骤 bùzhòu 3: zài 相关 xiāngguān Wén 方格 fāng gé nèi ,输入 shūrù 讨论题 Wén 讯息 xùn xī 内文.

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我们 wǒmen 盘腿 pán tuǐ Zuò zài 塌塌米 shǎng ,审讯 shěn xùn 便 biàn 开始 kāishǐ le .

We sat cross - legged on the matting and the interrogation began.

zài 森林 sēnlín Zhōng , 潮湿 cháoshī de 树木 shù mù 针叶 zhēn yè huì 使 shǐ 讯号 xùn hào 变弱.

In a forest, wet wood and needles attenuate the signals.

其中 qízhōng jìn 一百 rén 后来 hòulái 受到 shòudào 审讯 shěn xùn 判刑 pàn xíng 监禁 jiān jìn .

Nearly one hundred of them were subsequently tried, convicted and imprisoned.

Words with xùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xùn to ask xùn
通讯 tōngxùn communications通訊
审讯 shěn xùn inquest審訊
通讯员 tōng xùn yuán correspondent通訊員
讯息 xùn xī news訊息
资讯 zī xùn information資訊
讯号 xùn hào signal訊號
传讯 chuán xùn to subpoena傳訊
讯问 xùn wèn to interrogate訊問
死讯 sǐ xùn news of sb's death死訊
问讯 wèn xùn greeting問訊
电讯 diàn xùn telecom電訊
闻讯 wén xùn to receive news (of)聞訊
音讯 yīn xùn letters音訊
喜讯 xǐ xùn good news喜訊
通讯录 tōng xùn lù address book通訊錄
刑讯 xíng xùn inquisition刑訊
通讯社 tōng xùn shè a news service (e.g. Xinhua)通訊社
快讯 kuài xùn newsflash快訊
简讯 jiǎn xùn newsletter簡訊
短讯 duǎn xùn SMS短訊
警讯 jǐng xùn warning sign警訊
韩国联合通讯社 Hán guó Lián hé Tōng xùn shè Yonghap (South Korean news agency)韓國聯合通訊社
通讯卫星 tōng xùn wèi xīng communications satellite通訊衛星

xùn Decomposition & Compounds

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xùn Decomposition

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