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循

xún

HSK 6 Character

What 循 means

1. bound formto follow; to act in accordance with

Example sentences

• 请遵循护士的指导。
  Qǐng zūnxún hùshi de zhǐdǎo.
  Please follow the nurse's directions.
• 您应遵循你老师的建议。
  Nín yīng zūnxún nǐ lǎoshī de jiànyì.
  You should follow your teacher's advice.
• 他没有遵循我们的忠告。
  He failed to follow our advice.
• 学习是一个循序渐进的过程。
  Xuéxí shì yī gè xúnxùjiànjìn de guòchéng.
  Studying is a step-by-step process.
• 根据习俗，新娘应该循规蹈矩。
  Gēnjù xísú, xīnniáng yīnggāi xúnguīdǎojǔ.
  According to custom, the bride should be compliant.
• 重要的是要遵循严格的饮食控制。
  Zhòngyào de shì yào zūnxún yángé de yǐnshí kòngzhì.
  It's important to follow a strict diet.

Words starting with 循

• 循环xún huánto cycle; to circulate; circle
• 循序渐进xún xù jiàn jìnin sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
• 循着xún zheto follow
• 循规蹈矩xún guī dǎo jǔto follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly…
• 循循善诱xún xún shàn yòuto guide patiently and systematically (idiom)
• 循分xún fènto abide by one's duties
• 循序xún xùin proper sequence
• 循环性xún huán xìngcyclical; cyclic; circulatory
• 循环节xún huán jiérecurring section of a rational decimal
• 循环赛xún huán sàiround-robin tournament
• 循道宗Xún dào zōngMethodism
• 循环使用xún huán shǐ yòngrecycle; to use in cyclic order
• 循环小数xún huán xiǎo shùrecurring decimal
• 循环系统xún huán xì tǒngcirculatory system
• 循环经济xún huán jīng jìcircular economy
• 循环论证xún huán lùn zhèngcircular argument; logical error consisting of begging the question…
• 循化撒拉族自治县Xún huà Sā lā zú Zì zhì xiànXunhua Salar Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海东市
• 循化Xún huàsee 循化撒拉族自治县
• 循化县Xún huà Xiànsee 循化撒拉族自治县

Words containing 循

• 遵循zūn xúnto follow; to abide by; to comply with
• 恶性循环è xìng xún huánvicious circle
• 血液循环xuè yè xún huánblood circulation
• 依循yī xúnto follow; to comply
• 因循yīn xúnto continue the same old routine; to carry on just as before; to procrastinate
• 死循环sǐ xún huánendless loop
• 因循守旧yīn xún shǒu jiù(idiom) to continue in the same old rut; diehard conservative attitudes
• 燃料循环rán liào xún huánfuel cycle
• 良性循环liáng xìng xún huánvirtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
• 郎肯循环láng kěn xún huánRankine cycle (engineering)
• 冠脉循环guān mài xún huáncoronary circulation
• 柠檬酸循环níng méng suān xún huáncitric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle

Characters that look like 循

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 搐chùto twitch; to have a spasm
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt

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…
• 巡to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 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