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樽

zūn

Character

What 樽 means

1. goblet
2. bottle
3. wine-jar

Other readings

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

• zūnvariant of {樽|zūn}

Example sentences

• 她一直住在小樽。
  Tā yīzhí zhù zài xiǎo zūn.
  She has always lived in Otaru.

Words starting with 樽

• 樽罍zūn léiearthen liquor jar

Words containing 樽

• 入樽rù zūnslam dunk
• 折冲樽俎zhé chōng zūn zǔlit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during…

Characters built on 尊

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

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 蹲dūnto crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 撙zǔnto reduce or cut down on; to rein in; to restrain

Characters that look like 樽

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 樱yīngcherry
• 褥rùmattress

Sounds the same

Read zūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尊senior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 遵to observe; to obey; to follow
• 鳟trout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 嶟(literary) (of terrain) steep; precipitous
• 𨱔butt end of spear
• 墫old variant of 樽