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春

chūn

HSK 3 Character

What 春 means

1. spring (season)
2. gay
3. joyful
4. youthful
5. love
6. lust
7. life

Other readings

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

• Chūnsurname Chun
• chūnold variant of {春|chūn}

Example sentences

• 春天了
  Chūntiān le
  It's spring.
• 春天来了。
  Spring has come around.
• 春天到了。
  Spring has come.
• 春节快乐！
  Merry Spring Festival!
• 春天快来了。
  Spring will come soon.
• 春天在哪里？
  Where is spring?

Words starting with 春

• 春天chūn tiānspring (season)
• 春节Chūn jiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
• 春秋chūn qiūspring and autumn; four seasons; year
• 春风chūn fēngspring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions…
• 春季chūn jìspringtime
• 春运chūn yùn(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
• 春光chūn guāngscenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic
• 春雨chūn yǔspring rain; gift from above
• 春日chūn rìspringtime
• 春水chūn shuǐ(literary) the water in rivers, lakes etc during spring, esp. after snowmelt or spring…
• 春夏秋冬chūn xià qiū dōngthe four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
• 春暖花开chūn nuǎn huā kāi(lit.) springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)…
• 春色chūn sècolors of spring; spring scenery
• 春游chūn yóuspring outing; spring excursion
• 春联chūn liánSpring Festival couplet…
• 春风得意chūn fēng dé yìflushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc)…
• 春梦chūn mèngspring dream; short-lived illusion; erotic dream
• 春意chūn yìbeginning of spring; thoughts of love
• 春分Chūn fēnChunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 21st March-4th April
• 春情chūn qíngamorous feelings
• 春耕chūn gēngto plow a field in the spring
• 春令chūn lìngspring; springtime; spring weather
• 春假chūn jiàspring break
• 春化chūn huà(agriculture) vernalization

Words containing 春

• 青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
• 李宇春Lǐ Yǔ chūnLi Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
• 青春期qīng chūn qīpuberty; adolescence
• 新春xīn chūnthe beginning of Spring; the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
• 长春市Cháng chūn ShìChangchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省
• 张春桥Zhāng Chūn qiáoZhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
• 青春痘qīng chūn dòuacne
• 小春xiǎo chūn10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn
• 早春zǎo chūnearly spring
• 阳春yáng chūnmild spring weather
• 雨后春笋yǔ hòu chūn sǔnlit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth…
• 开春kāi chūnbeginning of spring; the lunar New Year
• 立春Lì chūnLichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气
• 李长春Lǐ Cháng chūnLi Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
• 满面春风mǎn miàn chūn fēngbeaming; radiant with happiness
• 入春rù chūnto enter spring; spring begins
• 叫春jiào chūnto caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat
• 回春huí chūnreturn of spring
• 季春jì chūnfinal month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)
• 怀春huái chūn(of girls) to yearn for love
• 发春fā chūnin heat
• 买春mǎi chūnto visit a prostitute; (literary) to buy wine or drinks
• 卖春mài chūnto engage in prostitution
• 游春yóu chūnto go for a trip in spring

Characters that look like 春

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

• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Sounds the same

Read chūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 椿Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…
• 蝽bedbug
• 杶(tree)
• 瑃(a kind of jade)
• 輴hearse
• 萅old variant of 春
• 䲠see 䲠鱼