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纯

chún

HSK 5 Character Traditional 純

What 纯 means

1. pure
2. simple
3. unmixed
4. genuine

Example sentences

• 那是纯金吗？
  Nàshi chúnjīn ma?
  Is that pure gold?
• 我是纯素食者。
  Wǒ shì chúnsùshízhě.
  I'm a vegan.
• 样本不够纯净。
  The sample is not pure enough.
• 他是纯素食者。
  He's vegan.
• 纯粹数学是宗教。
  Chúncuìshùxué shì zōngjiào.
  Pure mathematics is religion.
• 纯子是一个美女。
  Junko is a beautiful girl.

Words starting with 纯

• 纯粹chún cuìpure; unadulterated; purely
• 纯洁chún jiépure; clean and honest; to purify
• 纯真chún zhēninnocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated
• 纯属chún shǔto be purely; pure and simple; sheer
• 纯净chún jìngpure; clean; unmixed
• 纯正chún zhèngpure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
• 纯情chún qíngpure and innocent; a pure heart
• 纯白chún báipure white
• 纯净水chún jìng shuǐpurified water
• 纯棉chún miánpure cotton; 100% cotton
• 纯熟chún shúskillful; proficient
• 纯金chún jīnpure gold
• 纯种chún zhǒngpurebred
• 纯度chún dùpurity
• 纯利chún lìnet profit
• 纯化chún huàto purify
• 纯品chún pǐnsterling
• 纯爱chún àipure love; BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media)
• 纯水chún shuǐpure water
• 纯素chún sùplain; ordinary; vegan; vegetarian
• 纯良chún liángpure and kindhearted
• 纯色chún sèpure color; solid color
• 纯血chún xuèpure-blooded
• 纯音chún yīnpure tone

Words containing 纯

• 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure; unsophisticated
• 清纯qīng chúnfresh and pure
• 炉火纯青lú huǒ chún qīng(lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)…
• 亚纯yà chúnmeromorphic (math.)
• 全纯quán chúnholomorphic (math.)
• 提纯tí chúnto purify
• 李纯Lǐ ChúnLi Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 宪宗
• 精纯jīng chúnpure; unadulterated; exquisite
• 单纯词dān chún cí(linguistics) single-morpheme word; simple word
• 张纯如Zhāng Chún rúIris Chang (1968–2004), Chinese American author of "The Rape of Nanking"
• 单纯疱疹dān chún pào zhěnherpes simplex (med.)
• 单纯疱疹病毒dān chún pào zhěn bìng dúherpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)
• 小泉纯一郎Xiǎo quán Chún yī lángKOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
• 香纯xiāng chúnvariant of 香醇
• 吕纯阳Lǚ Chún yángsee 吕洞宾

Characters built on 屯

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

• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 吨dūnton (loanword); Taiwan pr. dùn
• 钝dùnblunt; stupid
• 炖dùnto stew
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 盹dǔndoze; nap
• 邨Cūnsurname Cun

Characters that look like 纯

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

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 纶lúnto classify; to twist silk; silk thread
• 炖dùnto stew
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk

Sounds the same

Read chún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唇lip
• 醇alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 淳genuine; pure; honest
• 鹑(bound form) quail
• 莼used in 莼菜
• 㵮clear water
• 漘shore
• 𬭚copper drum
• 鯙Scomberomorus sinensis
• 㝄old variant of 纯
• 㝇old variant of 鹑