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浑

hún

HSK 6 Character Traditional 渾

What 浑 means

1. muddy; turbid
2. brainless; foolish
3. bound formsimple; natural
4. bound formwhole; entire; all over

Example sentences

• 她浑身酸痛。
  Tā húnshēn suāntòng.
  She was aching from head to foot.
• 他浑身是债。
  He is up to his ears in debt.
• 她浑身湿透了。
  Tā húnshēn shītòu le.
  She got wet to the skin.
• 那个学生被老师盯着看，觉得浑身不自在。
  Nàge xuésheng bèi lǎoshī dīng zhe kàn, juéde húnshēn bù zìzai.
  The student became very nervous with the teacher watching him.
• 我浑身都被雨水给淋湿了。你现在能不能开车来接我？
  Wǒ húnshēn dōu bèi Yǔshuǐ gěi línshī le. nǐ xiànzài néng bù néng kāichē lái jiē wǒ?
  I'm completely soaked from the rain. Can you drive over and pick me up right now?
• 我宁愿到不喜欢的公司工作，也不想浑浑噩噩的又过一年。
  Wǒ nìngyuàn dào bù xǐhuan de gōngsī gōngzuò, yě bù xiǎng húnhún'è'è de yòu guo yī nián.
  I would rather work for any company than waste another year.

Words starting with 浑

• 浑身hún shēnall over; from head to foot
• 浑浊hún zhuómuddy; turbid
• 浑身上下hún shēn shàng xiàall over; from head to toe
• 浑厚hún hòusimple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
• 浑圆hún yuánperfectly round; (fig.) accommodating; considerate
• 浑浑噩噩hún hún è è(idiom) muddleheaded
• 浑然不觉hún rán bù juétotally unaware
• 浑然一体hún rán yī tǐto blend into one another; to blend together well
• 浑然hún ráncompletely; absolutely; undivided
• 浑如hún rúvery similar
• 浑家hún jiāwife
• 浑河Hún HéHun River
• 浑脱hún tuōleather float; inflatable raft
• 浑号hún hàonickname
• 浑仪注hún yí zhùbook by Han dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng
• 浑南区Hún nán QūHunnan, a district of Shenyang City 沈阳市
• 浑天仪hún tiān yíarmillary sphere (astronomy)
• 浑天说hún tiān shuōgeocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
• 浑小子hún xiǎo zi(derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest)
• 浑江区Hún jiāng QūHunjiang, a district of Baishan City 白山市
• 浑源县Hún yuán XiànHunyuan, a county in Datong City 大同市
• 浑水摸鱼hún shuǐ mō yúto fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
• 浑然不知hún rán bù zhīto be totally oblivious (to sth); to have no idea about sth
• 浑然天成hún rán tiān chéngto resemble nature itself; of the highest quality (idiom)

Words containing 浑

• 雄浑xióng húnvigorous; firm; forceful
• 犯浑fàn húnconfused; mixed up; muddled up; befuddled
• 吐谷浑Tǔ yù húnTuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鲜卑; a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century…
• 趟浑水tāng hún shuǐ(fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise
• 阿月浑子ā yuè hún zipistachio
• 阿月浑子树ā yuè hún zǐ shùpistachio tree
• 漏水转浑天仪lòu shuǐ zhuàn hún tiān yíwater-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
• 蹚浑水tāng hún shuǐvariant of 趟浑水

Characters built on 军

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

• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 诨hùnjest; nickname
• 郓yùnused in 郓城
• 珲hún(fine jade)
• 皲jūnto chap
• 恽Yùnsurname Yun

Characters that look like 浑

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

• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 厚hòuthick; deep or profound; kind
• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating
• 俘fúto take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 莽mǎng(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish…
• 晖huīsunshine; to shine upon; variant of 辉

Sounds the same

Read hún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 魂soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 混muddy; turbid (variant of 浑; brainless; foolish (variant of 浑; Taiwan pr. hùn
• 馄used in 馄饨
• 珲(fine jade)
• 楎clothes-horse
• 餫variant of 馄