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瞬

shùn

HSK 6 Character

What 瞬 means

1. to wink

Example sentences

• 那是个美好的瞬间。
  Nàshi gè měihǎo de shùnjiān.
  That was a beautiful moment.
• 我瞬间对你肃然起敬！
  Wǒ shùnjiān duì nǐ sùránqǐjìng!
  All of a sudden I'm filled with great admiration for you!
• 那一瞬间，仿佛一切都停止了。
  Nà yīshùnjiān, fǎngfú yīqiè dōu tíngzhǐ le.
  In just a moment, it seemed like everything stopped.
• 那一瞬间，彷佛一切都停止了。
  In just a moment, it seemed like everything stopped.
• 在他们双目交接的瞬间，世界仿佛静止了。
  When their eyes met, it was as if the world stood still.
• 从战争开始的那一瞬间开始，两方都是罪恶的。
  Cóng zhànzhēng kāishǐ de nà yīshùnjiān kāishǐ, liǎngfāng dōu shì zuì'è de.
  Once a war breaks out, both sides are in the wrong.

Words starting with 瞬

• 瞬间shùn jiānin an instant; in a flash
• 瞬时shùn shíinstantaneous
• 瞬息万变shùn xī wàn biànin an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
• 瞬息shùn xīin a flash; twinkling; ephemeral
• 瞬态shùn tài(physics) (attributive) transient
• 瞬膜shùn mónictitating membrane (zoology)
• 瞬息之间shùn xī zhī jiān(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
• 瞬时辐射shùn shí fú shèprompt radiation
• 瞬发中子shùn fā zhōng zǐprompt neutron
• 瞬发辐射shùn fā fú shèprompt radiation
• 瞬间转移shùn jiān zhuǎn yíteleportation
• 瞬霎shùn shàin a blink; in a twinkling

Words containing 瞬

• 一瞬间yī shùn jiānsplit second
• 一瞬yī shùnone instant; very short time; the twinkle of an eye
• 转瞬zhuǎn shùnin the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes
• 转瞬即逝zhuǎn shùn jí shì(idiom) fleeting; transitory
• 目不转瞬mù bù zhuǎn shùngazing fixedly (idiom)

Characters that look like 瞬

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 膦lìnphosphine
• 蟆mátoad
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood

Sounds the same

Read shùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顺to obey; to follow; to arrange
• 舜Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
• 蕣Hibiscus syriacus
• 𥆧wink; twinkle; very short time