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sūn

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sūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sūn | sun1
English translation
aromatic grass; flower, iris

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About sūn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of sūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹孙

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Sūn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Sūn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using sūn

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王妈 pěng zhāo 燕窝 yàn wō 进来 jìn lái , sūn méi 觉得 juéde .

The maid , Wang Mah , came in with a bowl of bird's - nest gruel for him.

张东荪认为 rènwéi 知识 zhīshi shì gǎn 相与格式 géshì 以及 yǐjí 设准 děng de 产物 chǎn wù .

Zhang Dongsun thinks knowledge is joint product of sense, form and postulate.

sūn sǒng sǒng 肩膀 jiānbǎng , Guò 一会儿 yīhuìr , xiàng le 什么 shénme 似的 shìde , xiào 了笑说道 shuō dào :“ ā !

Wu Sun - fu shrugged his shoulders; after a moment's pause he laughed and spat out, " Hah!

sūn 眉毛 méimao tǐng , 心头 xīn tóu de 焦躁 jiāo zào 好像 hǎoxiàng 减轻 jiǎn qīng le 些微.

Wu Sun - fu's irascibility appeared to have abated somewhat , for his frown disappeared.

李玉亭分手 fēnshǒu Hòu , sūn jiù 一直 yīzhí 回家 huí jiā .

After he had taken his leave of Li Yu - ting, Wu Sun - fu drove straight home.

Words with sūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sūn fragrant grass

sūn Decomposition & Compounds

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