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xùn

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xùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xùn | xun4
English translation
humble, modest; to yield

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About xùn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xùn

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of xùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶孫

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

sūn

Explanation

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

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Words with xùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xùn modest xùn
约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn Johnson or Johnston (name)約翰遜
杰克逊 Jié kè xùn Jackson (name)傑克遜
逊色 xùn sè inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色 háo wú xùn sè , not in the least inferior)遜色
亚马逊 Yà mǎ xùn Amazon亞馬遜
麦迪逊 Mài dí xùn Madison (name)麥迪遜
威尔逊 Wēi ěr xùn Wilson (name)威爾遜
谦逊 qiānxùn humble謙遜
罗宾逊 Luó bīn xùn Robinson (name)羅賓遜
纳尔逊 Nà ěr xùn Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero納爾遜
不逊 bù xùn rude不遜
出言不逊 chū yán bù xùn to speak rudely出言不遜
罗伯逊 Luō bó xùn Robertson (name)羅伯遜
汤姆逊 Tāng mǔ xùn Thomson (name)湯姆遜
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr ·杰克逊 Jié kè xùn Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer邁克爾·傑克遜
杰弗逊 Jié fú xùn Jefferson傑弗遜
艾奇逊 Aì qí xùn Atchison or Acheson (name)艾奇遜
萨克逊 Sà kè xùn Saxon薩克遜

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