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shùn

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shùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shùn | shun4
English translation
to wink
to wink, to blink; an instant, the blink of an eye

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About shùn

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

shùn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of shùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目舜

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shùn

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Example sentences using shùn

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瞬息 shùn xī 变换 biàn huàn Zhōng , 相差 xiāngchà 一秒 jiù 可能 kěnéng 产生 chǎnshēng liǎng zhǒng 完全 wánquán 不同 bù tóng de 结局 jiéjú .

In a blink of an eye, two entirely different outcomes can occur.

de Zuǒ 车灯 liàng le , zài 一瞬间 yī shùn jiān jiù 从此 cóngcǐ 一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn le .

His left signal light came on. In a moment he'd be gone.

回笑 le 一下 yīxià yǒu 那么 nà me 一瞬间 yī shùn jiān 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè de 脸上焕发 huàn fā chū 容光

He smiled back, which for an instant transfigured his unrevealing features.

shì 非常 fēicháng 非常 fēicháng 感人 gǎn rén de 瞬间 shùnjiān

It was a very, very touching moment.

yóu lún 外部 wài bù 金属板 jīn shǔ bǎn 覆层破裂 pò liè de 一瞬间 yī shùn jiān yóu 开始 kāishǐ 外溢

The tanker began spilling oil the moment her outer plating ruptured.

Words with shùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
瞬间 shùnjiān in an instant瞬間
一瞬间 yī shùn jiān split second一瞬間
shùn to wink shùn
一瞬 yī shùn one instant一瞬 yī shùn
瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change瞬息萬變
瞬时 shùn shí instantaneous瞬時
转瞬 zhuǎn shùn in a flash轉瞬
瞬息 shùn xī in a flash瞬息 shùn xī

shùn Decomposition & Compounds

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shùn Decomposition

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