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cǔn

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cǔn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cǔn | cun3
English translation
to guess, to ponder, to suppose

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About cǔn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

cǔn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mind

Etymology of cǔn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄寸

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

cùn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and cùn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cǔn

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蹑手蹑脚 niè shǒu niè jiǎo de zǒu xià 楼梯 lóu tī , 心里 xīn li 思忖 sī cǔn 自己 zìjǐ 为什么 wèishénme xǐng 这样 zhè yàng zǎo .

She went quietly downstairs, wondering briefly why she had awakened so early.

一边 yībiān zǒu , 一边 yībiān 忖量 cǔn liàng zhāo shuì de Pān huà de 意思 yìsi .

As I walked along, I kept wondering what he really meant.

gāi 重新考虑 ràng bān 一起 yīqǐ zhù de 提议 tíyì ,”思忖 sī cǔn zhāo

"I ought to reconsider her offer to move in," he mused.

塔格特思忖 sī cǔn zhāo 是否 shìfǒu 再要一杯双份伏特加 fú tè jiā

Taggart debated whether to have yet another double vodka.

Words with cǔn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cǔn to ponder cǔn
思忖 sī cǔn to ponder思忖 sī cǔn
忖度 cǔn duó to speculate忖度 cǔn duó
自忖 zì cǔn to speculate自忖 zì cǔn
忖量 cǔn liàng to guess忖量 cǔn liàng

cǔn Decomposition & Compounds

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