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酝

yùn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 醞

What 酝 means

1. to brew

Example sentences

• 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 他们的友情酝酿成爱情的果实。
  Tāmen de yǒuqíng yùnniàng chéng àiqíng de guǒshí.
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 他和她之间的友谊，渐渐地酝酿成了爱情。
  Tā hé tā zhījiān de yǒuyì, jiànjiàn de yùnniàng chéngle àiqíng.
  By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.

Words starting with 酝

• 酝酿yùn niàng(of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue)

Characters built on 云

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

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 耘yúnto weed
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Characters that look like 酝

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

• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 酗xùdrunk
• 酥sūflaky pastry; crunchy; limp
• 酐gānanhydride
• 耘yúnto weed
• 酣hānintoxicated

Sounds the same

Read yùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 运to move; to transport; to use
• 孕pregnant
• 蕴to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
• 韵the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal
• 晕dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun
• 熨an iron; to iron
• 愠indignant; feel hurt
• 韫contain
• 郓used in 郓城
• 枟wood streaks
• 蕰hippuris or mare's tail
• 缊hemp; vague; mysterious