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醺

xūn

Character

What 醺 means

1. helplessly intoxicated

Example sentences

• 汤姆现在醉醺醺的了。
  Tāngmǔ xiànzài zuìxūnxūn de le.
  Tom is quite drunk now.
• 她的老公通常醉醺醺的。
  Tā de lǎogōng tōngcháng zuìxūnxūn de.
  Her husband is usually drunk.
• 汤姆从派对上醉醺醺地回家了。
  Tāngmǔ cóng pàiduì shàng zuìxūnxūn de huíjiā le.
  Tom came home drunk from the party.

Words containing 醺

• 醉醺醺zuì xūn xūndrunk; intoxicated
• 微醺wēi xūntipsy

Characters built on 熏

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

• 薰xūnsweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans
• 獯xūnused in 獯鬻

Characters that look like 醺

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

• 髓suǐ(bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 躏lìnused in 蹂躏
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 髑dúused in 髑髅

Sounds the same

Read xūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 熏to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils
• 薰sweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans
• 荤used in 荤粥
• 勋(bound form) meritorious accomplishment
• 埙ocarina; wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
• 窨to scent tea with flowers; variant of 熏
• 獯used in 獯鬻
• 焄fumes from sacrifice
• 壎ancient porcelain wind-instrument
• 曛twilight; sunset
• 𫄸crimson
• 臐lamb soup