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驯

xùn

Character Traditional 馴

What 驯 means

1. to attain gradually
2. to tame
3. Taiwan pr. xún

Example sentences

• 狮子听从驯兽师的指挥。
  Shīzi tīngcóng xùn shòu shī de zhǐhuī.
  The lion followed the trainer's commands.
• 我知道汤姆是位驯马师。
  I know that Tom is a horse trainer.
• 狗的驯化史至少有四万年。
  Dogs have been domesticated for at least 40,000 years.
• 海豚和驯养员交流得比我们所期望的好得多。
  Hǎitún hé xùnyǎng yuán jiāoliú de bǐ wǒmen suǒ qīwàng de hǎo de duō.
  The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.

Words starting with 驯

• 驯服xùn fúto tame; tame; docile
• 驯化xùn huàto tame; to domesticate
• 驯善xùn shàndocile; tractable
• 驯从xùn cóngtame; obedient
• 驯扰xùn rǎoto tame
• 驯良xùn liángdocile; tame
• 驯顺xùn shùntame; docile
• 驯养xùn yǎngto domesticate; to raise and train
• 驯马xùn mǎto break in a horse; a trained saddle horse
• 驯驼xùn tuóto tame a camel
• 驯鹿xùn lùreindeer
• 驯马人xùn mǎ rénhorse trainer
• 驯马场xùn mǎ chǎnghorse training ground
• 驯养繁殖xùn yǎng fán zhídomestication and breeding; captive breeding
• 驯养繁殖场xùn yǎng fán zhí chǎngcaptive breeding facility; breeding farm
• 驯悍记xùn hàn jìTaming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare

Words containing 驯

• 温驯wēn xùndocile; meek; harmless
• 调驯tiáo xùnto look after and train (animals)
• 雅驯yǎ xùnrefined (of writing)
• 桀骜不驯jié ào bù xùnarrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding

Characters built on 川

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

• 训xùnto teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange

Characters that look like 驯

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 圳zhèn(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 驭yùvariant of 御; to drive; to manage

Sounds the same

Read xùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 训to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings…
• 迅rapid; fast
• 讯(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question…
• 逊to abdicate; modest; yielding
• 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