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巡

xún

HSK 6 Character

What 巡 means

1. to patrol
2. to make one's rounds
3. classifier for rounds of drinks

Other readings

巡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xúnvariant of {巡|xún}

Example sentences

• 一大群人聚在一起看巡游。
  A crowd of people gathered to see the parade.

Words starting with 巡

• 巡逻xún luóto patrol
• 巡视xún shìto inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour…
• 巡警xún jǐngpolice patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer
• 巡回xún huíto go around; to roam; to tour
• 巡演xún yǎn(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡回演出
• 巡抚xún fǔinspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
• 巡洋舰xún yáng jiàncruiser (warship); battle cruiser
• 巡查xún cháto patrol
• 巡回演出xún huí yǎn chū(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
• 巡游xún yóuto cruise; to patrol
• 巡逻队xún luó duì(army, police) patrol
• 巡航xún háng(military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed
• 巡礼xún lǐto make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site); to go on a sightseeing tour
• 巡捕xún bǔto patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)
• 巡更xún gēngto patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs
• 巡行xún xíngto patrol; to perambulate; to travel around within an area
• 巡捕房xún bǔ fáng(old) police station in a foreign concession 租界
• 巡测仪xún cè yísurvey meter
• 巡航导弹xún háng dǎo dàncruise missile
• 巡回法庭xún huí fǎ tíngcircuit court
• 巡逻船xún luó chuánpatrol vessel; cutter
• 巡逻车xún luó chēpatrol car
• 巡逻艇xún luó tǐngpatrol boat
• 巡弋xún yì(of military ships or aircraft) to patrol; to cruise defensively…

Words containing 巡

• 逡巡qūn xúnto draw back; to move back and forth; to hesitate
• 出巡chū xúnto go on an inspection tour
• 海巡hǎi xúncoast guard
• 定速巡航dìng sù xún háng(automotive) cruise control
• 分巡兵备道fēn xún bīng bèi dào(Qing dynasty) provincial surveillance and defense commission
• 逡巡不前qūn xún bù qiánto hesitate to move forward; to balk; to jib
• 睃巡suō xún(eyes) to scan; to glance left and right; to scrutinize

Characters built on 辶

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

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 迅xùnrapid; fast
• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape
• 逡qūnto shrink back (from sth)

Characters that look like 巡

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

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow

Sounds the same

Read xún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 询to ask about; to inquire about
• 寻to search; to look for; to seek
• 旬(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 循(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 浔name of a river; steep bank
• 恂sincere
• 荀(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 洵truly; whirlpool
• 鲟sturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 峋used in 嶙峋
• 珣(gem)
• 郇name of a feudal state