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lún

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lún Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lún | lun2
English translation
sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost

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About lún

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

lún

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of lún

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵仑

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

lún

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and lún represents the sound. Simplified form of lún .

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Example sentences using lún

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很多 táo dào 伦敦 Lún dūn lái de 姑娘 gūniang 最后 zuìhòu dōu 沦为 lún wéi 妓女 jì nǚ .

Many girls who run away to London eventually go on the streets.

过氧化 guò yǎng huà 二苯甲酰 wéi 引发 yǐn fā ,使 shǐ 丙烯 bǐng xī jīng zài lún (PET ) 纤维 xiānwéi shǎng 接枝 jiē zhī 共聚.

PET fibres were grafted acrylonitrile ( AN ) initiated by benzoyl peroxide.

污染 wūrǎn 已经 yǐjīng 使 shǐ 大片 dà piàn 地区 dìqū 沦为 lún wéi 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì

The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.

总统 zǒngtǒng 一职似乎 sìhū 正在 zhèngzài 沦为 lún wéi 政治 zhèngzhì shǎng de 摆设 bǎi shè

The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance.

zhè 很大程度 chéngdù shǎng 就是 jiù shì 成功 Chénggōng 便 biàn 沉沦 chén lún

It was very much sink or swim.

Words with lún

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
沦落 lún luò to degenerate淪落
沦为 lún wéi to sink down to淪為
沉沦 chén lún downfall沉淪
沦陷 lún xiàn to be occupied淪陷
lún to be reduced to lún
沦丧 lún sàng to be lost淪喪
沦陷区 lún xiàn qū enemy-held territory淪陷區
沦亡 lún wáng to be annexed淪亡
沦没 lún mò to sink淪沒
沦灭 lún miè to perish淪滅
沦肌浃髓 lún jī jiā suǐ moved to the core淪肌浹髓

lún Decomposition & Compounds

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