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伦

lún

HSK 6 Character Traditional 倫

What 伦 means

1. human relationship
2. order
3. coherence

Example sentences

• 我在伦敦。
  I am in London.
• 阿伦是诗人。
  ālún shì shīrén.
  Allan is a poet.
• 海伦十七岁。
  Helen is seventeen years old.
• 她住在伦敦。
  She is living in London.
• 他去了伦敦。
  He has gone to London.
• 我在伦敦吗？
  Am I in London?

Words starting with 伦

• 伦敦Lún dūnLondon, capital of United Kingdom
• 伦理lún lǐethics
• 伦理学lún lǐ xuéethics
• 伦巴lún bā(loanword) rhumba
• 伦常lún chángproper human relationships
• 伦理观lún lǐ guānone's perspective on what constitutes ethical behavior
• 伦敦大学学院Lún dūn Dà xué Xué yuànUniversity College, London
• 伦琴Lún qínWilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
• 伦琴射线lún qín shè xiànX-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
• 伦敦国际金融期货交易所Lún dūn Guó jì Jīn róng Qī huò Jiāo yì suǒLondon International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE)
• 伦敦大学亚非学院Lún dūn Dà xué Yà Fēi Xué yuànLondon University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
• 伦敦证券交易所Lún dūn Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)

Words containing 伦

• 天伦之乐tiān lún zhī lèfamily love and joy; domestic bliss
• 周杰伦Zhōu Jié lúnJay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
• 多伦多Duō lún duōToronto, capital of Ontario, Canada
• 阿伦Ā lúnAalen, town in Germany
• 英伦Yīng lúnEngland
• 哥伦比亚Gē lún bǐ yàColombia (country in South America); Columbia…
• 海伦Hǎi lún(name) Helen or Hélène; see 海伦市
• 劳伦斯Láo lún sīLawrence (person name)
• 佛罗伦萨Fó luó lún sàFlorence, Italy
• 哥伦布Gē lún bùCristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506); Columbus, capital of Ohio
• 无与伦比wú yǔ lún bǐincomparable
• 语无伦次yǔ wú lún cìincoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
• 不伦不类bù lún bù lèiout of place; inappropriate; incongruous
• 乱伦luàn lúnto violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest
• 拜伦Bài lúnGeorge Byron (1788-1824), English poet
• 绝伦jué lúnoutstanding; peerless; beyond compare
• 巴比伦Bā bǐ lúnBabylon
• 麦哲伦Mài zhé lúnMagellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer
• 哥伦比亚大学Gē lún bǐ yà Dà xuéColumbia University
• 纽伦堡Niǔ lún bǎoNuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
• 天伦tiān lúnfamily bonds; ethical family relations
• 人伦rén lúnethical norms governing human relationships
• 不伦bù lún(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc); unseemly
• 伊伦Yī lúnIrun (city in Basque region of Spain)

Characters built on 仑

These share the phonetic component 仑 (lún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 论lùnopinion; view; theory
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 沦lúnto sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• 纶lúnto classify; to twist silk; silk thread
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)
• 囵lúnused in 囫囵

Characters that look like 伦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 论lùnopinion; view; theory
• 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 抢qiǎngto fight over; to rush; to scramble
• 杨yángpoplar
• 纶lúnto classify; to twist silk; silk thread
• 抡lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)

Sounds the same

Read lún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轮wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 仑to arrange
• 纶to classify; to twist silk; silk thread
• 沦to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• 抡to select
• 囵used in 囫囵
• 婨(used in female names) (old)
• 菕(archaic) tree (exact species unknown)
• 𬬭(metal); roentgenium (chemistry)
• 论abbr. for 论语