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迅

xùn

HSK 5 Character

What 迅 means

1. rapid
2. fast

Example sentences

• 他行动迅速。
  He acts quickly.
• 工业发展迅速。
  Industry was growing quickly.
• 恋爱和失恋迅速。
  Liàn'ài hé shīliàn xùnsù.
  Fall in and out of love quickly.
• 我迅速地吃了午饭。
  Wǒ xùnsù de chī le wǔfàn.
  I quickly ate lunch.
• 谢谢您的迅速回复。
  Thanks for your quick answer.
• 汤姆迅速吃完早餐。
  Tom quickly ate his breakfast.

Words starting with 迅

• 迅速xùn sùrapid; speedy; fast
• 迅猛xùn měngquick and violent
• 迅捷xùn jiéfast and nimble
• 迅即xùn jíimmediately; promptly; quickly
• 迅疾xùn jírapid; swift
• 迅雷xùn léithunderbolt

Words containing 迅

• 鲁迅Lǔ XùnLu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
• 陈奕迅Chén Yì xùnEason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor

Characters built on 卂

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

• 讯xùn(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question…
• 汛xùnhigh water; flood; to sprinkle water

Characters that look like 迅

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

• 达dáto attain; to reach; to amount to
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow
• 迄qìas yet; until
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 汜sìstream which returns after branching

Sounds the same

Read xùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 训to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…
• 讯(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question…
• 逊to abdicate; modest; yielding
• 驯to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. xún
• 巽to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; ☴
• 殉to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause
• 浚used in 浚县
• 徇to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. xún
• 汛high water; flood; to sprinkle water
• 蕈mold; mushroom
• 侚(literary) quick; variant of 殉
• 潠spurt out of the mouth