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村

cūn

HSK 5 Character

What 村 means

1. village
2. dialectto scold
3. rustic; boorish

Other readings

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

• cūnvariant of {村|cūn}

Example sentences

• 村里没通电。
  Cūnlǐ méi tōngdiàn.
  The village has no electricity.
• 我们村不缺水。
  Wǒmen cūn bù quēshuǐ.
  Our village is not short of water.
• 村里有两头母牛。
  Cūnlǐ yǒu liǎngtóu mǔ niú.
  There are two cows in the village.
• 到村庄有条窄路。
  There's narrow road to the village.
• 他必须离开村庄。
  He had to leave the village.
• 亚洲有许多乡村。
  Asia has many rural villages.

Words starting with 村

• 村民cūn mínvillager
• 村里cūn lǐvillage; hamlet
• 村子cūn zivillage
• 村庄cūn zhuāngvillage; hamlet
• 村长cūn zhǎngvillage chief; village head
• 村落cūn luòvillage
• 村委会cūn wěi huìvillage committee
• 村镇cūn zhènhamlet (place)
• 村寨cūn zhài(stockaded) village
• 村姑cūn gūvillage girl; country bumpkin
• 村妇cūn fùfemale villager; (derog.) female peasant
• 村上Cūn shàngMurakami (Japanese surname)
• 村夫cūn fūmale villager; (derog.) male peasant
• 村证房cūn zhèng fáng"village-certificated house", residence supposedly only transferable to other village…
• 村山富市Cūn shān Fù shìTomiichi Murayama (1924-), former prime minister of Japan
• 村舍cūn shècottage
• 村上隆Cūn shàng LōngMurakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist
• 村田Cūn tiánMurata (Japanese surname)
• 村上春树Cūn shàng Chūn shùMURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
• 村塾cūn shú(old) village school; rural school
• 村学cūn xuésee 村塾

Words containing 村

• 农村nóng cūnrural area; village
• 乡村xiāng cūnrustic; village; countryside
• 中关村Zhōng guān cūnZhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for…
• 新村xīn cūnnew housing development
• 山村shān cūnmountain village
• 度假村dù jià cūnresort (vacation property)
• 亚运村Yà yùn cūnYayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
• 中村Zhōng cūnNakamura (Japanese surname)
• 地球村dì qiú cūnglobal village
• 奥运村Ào yùn cūnOlympic Village
• 今村Jīn cūnImamura (Japanese surname)
• 西村Xī cūnNishimura (Japanese surname)
• 周村区Zhōu cūn QūZhoucun, a district of Zibo City 淄博市
• 城中村chéng zhōng cūnvillage within a city; shantytown; ghetto
• 马村区Mǎ cūn QūMacun, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市
• 格林威治村Gé lín wēi zhì cūnGreenwich
• 农村合作化nóng cūn hé zuò huàcollectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory)
• 木村Mù cūnKimura (Japanese surname)
• 撒村sā cūn(dialect) to curse; to speak vulgarly
• 野村Yě cūnNomura (Japanese surname)
• 田村Tián cūnTamura (Japanese surname and place name)
• 荒村huāng cūnan abandoned village
• 乡村医生xiāng cūn yī shēngvillage doctor (Chinese health care system)
• 乡村音乐xiāng cūn yīn yuècountry music (country & western music genre)

Characters built on 寸

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

• 寻xúnto search; to look for; to seek
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 吋cùninch (English)
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider

Characters that look like 村

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

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 狞níngfierce-looking

Sounds the same

Read cūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 皴chapped; cracked
• 邨surname Cun