旬
xún
Pinyin

Definition

旬
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xún
  1. ten days
  2. ten years
  3. full period

Character Decomposition

Compounds (13)

询
xún
  1. 1 to ask about
  2. 2 to inquire about
殉
xùn
  1. 1 to be buried with the dead
  2. 2 to die for a cause
荀
Xún
  1. 1 surname Xun
荀
xún
  1. 1 herb (old)
绚
xuàn
  1. 1 adorned
  2. 2 swift
  3. 3 gorgeous
  4. 4 brilliant
  5. 5 variegated

Related Words (9)

中旬
zhōng xún
  1. 1 middle third of a month
上旬
shàng xún
  1. 1 first third of a month
下旬
xià xún
  1. 1 last third of the month
旬
xún
  1. 1 ten days
  2. 2 ten years
  3. 3 full period
旬日
xún rì
  1. 1 (literary) ten days
  2. 2 short period

Idioms (2)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
  1. 1 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands

Sample Sentences

怎么明明已经十月中旬了，天气还这么热！
zěnme míngmíng yǐjīng shíyuè zhōngxún le ，tiānqì hái zhème rè ！
How is the temperature so hot when it's already mid-October!
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上旬，中旬，下旬
shàngxún ，zhōngxún ，xiàxún
first ten days of the month, middle ten days of the month, last ten days of the month
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旬”比较正式，一般在工作的时候用。
xún ”bǐjiào zhèngshì ，yībān zài gōngzuò de shíhou yòng 。
'Xun' is relatively formal. It's usually used with work.
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比如说，公司在开会的时候，上旬我们要做什么什么，然后中旬要做什么什么，下旬要做什么什么。
bǐrú shuō ，gōngsī zài kāihuì de shíhou ，shàngxún wǒmen yào zuò shénme shénme ，ránhòu zhōngxún yào zuò shénme shénme ，xiàxún yào zuò shénme shénme 。
For example, when a company is having a meeting. The first ten days of the month we have to...etc, etc. After that, during the middle ten days of the month, we have to do...etc, etc. And, the last ten days of the month, we have to...etc, etc.
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