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shùn

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shùn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shùn | shun4
English translation
to submit to, to obey, to go along with

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About shùn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shùn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of shùn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

川頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Chuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Chuān represents the sound. Simplified form of shùn .

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Words with shùn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
顺利 shùnlì smoothly順利
顺便 shùnbiàn conveniently順便
shùn to obey shùn
顺序 shùnxù sequence順序
顺着 shùn zhe to follow順著
顺手 shùn shǒu easily順手
顺畅 shùn chàng fluent順暢
顺差 shùn chā (trade or budget) surplus順差
顺风 shùn fēng lit. tail wind順風
一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng to have a pleasant journey (idiom)一路順風
顺路 shùn lù by the way順路
理顺 lǐ shùn to sort out理順
顺从 shùn cóng obedient順從
顺心 shùn xīn happy順心
顺应 shùn yìng to comply順應
顺势 shùn shì to take advantage順勢
孝顺 xiàoshùn filial piety孝順
一帆风顺 yīfānfēngshùn plain sailing一帆風順
顺其自然 shùn qí zì rán to let nature take its course (idiom)順其自然
顺道 shùn dào on the way順道
温顺 wēn shùn docile溫順
顺带 shùn dài (do sth) in passing順帶
顺眼 shùn yǎn pleasing to the eye順眼
顺德 Shùn dé Shunde district of Foshan city 佛山市 Fó shān shì [Fó​shān​shì], Guangdong順德
顺理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical順理成章

shùn Decomposition & Compounds

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