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暄

xuān

HSK 6 Character

What 暄 means

1. genial and warm

Example sentences

• “天天寒暄就是我们做的所有事了。”汤姆无奈地回答。
  "Exchanging courtesies every day is all we've done," Tom answered with resignation.
• 照例寒暄了一阵，照例闲扯扯队里的新闻以后，他在不知不觉中就把谈话引入了正题。
  Zhàolì hánxuān le yīzhèn, zhàolì xiánchě chě duì lǐ de xīnwén yǐhòu, tā zài bùzhībùjué zhōng jiù bǎ tánhuà yǐnrù le zhèng tí.
  We exchanged pleasantries, and chatted cordially about news in the team, and he moved the conversation naturally on to the main topic.
• 我们照例寒暄了一阵，闲扯扯队里的新闻以后，他在不知不觉中就把谈话引入了正题。
  We exchanged pleasantries, and chatted cordially about news in the team, and he moved the conversation naturally on to the main topic.

Words starting with 暄

• 暄腾xuān tengsoft and warm (of bread)

Words containing 暄

• 寒暄hán xuānto exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
• 风和日暄fēng hé rì xuāngentle wind and warm sunshine (idiom)

Characters built on 宣

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

• 渲xuànwash (color)
• 喧xuānclamor; noise
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 瑄xuānornamental piece of jade
• 煊xuānvariant of 暄
• 楦xuàn(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 揎xuānto roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm

Characters that look like 暄

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

• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 晾liàngto dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
• 跋bápostscript; to trek across mountains
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 羧suōcarboxyl radical (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宣to declare (publicly); to announce
• 喧clamor; noise
• 轩pavilion with a view; high; tall
• 萱orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 瑄ornamental piece of jade
• 揎to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm
• 儇(literary) ingenious; (literary) frivolous
• 愃well-being
• 晅light of the sun; to dry in the sun
• 箮bamboo flower; flowering bamboo
• 翾flirtatious; short flight
• 蓒a kind of smelly water plant