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shǔn

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shǔn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǔn | shun3
English translation
to suck, to sip, to lick

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About shǔn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shǔn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of shǔn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口允

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

yǔn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and yǔn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shǔn

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shì ,吸吮 xī shǔn shì 仅仅 jǐn jǐn 依靠 yīkào 毛细 máo xì de 一种 yī zhǒng .

Imbibition is thus displacement due only to capillary forces.

孩子 háizi zhēng zài 吮吸 shǔn xī zhāo kōng 奶瓶 nǎi píng .

The baby was sucking away at the empty feeding - bottle.

婴儿 yīngér 吮吸 shǔn xī shí huì yǒu gēng duō de nǎi 水流 shuǐ liú 出来 chū lái

As the baby suckles, a further supply of milk is generated.

男孩 nán hái 吮吸 shǔn xī zhāo 拇指 mǔ zhǐ dèng yuán le 眼睛 yǎnjing dīng zhāo 赫本 Hè běn

The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge, round eyes.

Words with shǔn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shǔn to suck shǔn
吸吮 xī shǔn to suck in吸吮 xī shǔn
吮吸 shǔn xī to suck吮吸 shǔn xī

shǔn Decomposition & Compounds

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