xùn
to question
to ask
to interrogate
rapid
speedy
fast
news
information
xún
to search
to look for
to seek
xūn táo
variant of 薰陶 薰陶[xūn táo]
xún
ten days
ten years
full period
xún
to follow
to adhere to
to abide by
xùn
high water
flood
to sprinkle water
jiào xun
lesson
moral
to chide sb
to lecture sb
xùn
to attain gradually
to tame
Taiwan pr. [xun2]
xùn
to be buried with the dead
to die for a cause
xūn
to smoke
to fumigate
to assail the nostrils
to perfume
xún
name of a river
steep bank
xùn
to teach
to train
to admonish
instruction (from superiors)
teachings
rule
xūn
sweet-smelling grass
Coumarouna odorata
tonka beans
coumarin
xún
to patrol
to make one's rounds
classifier for rounds of drinks
xún
to ask about
to inquire about
Lǔ Xùn
Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
xùn
to abdicate
modest
yielding
unpretentious
inferior to
(slang) to suck
Xún zǐ
Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher and author of On learning 勸學|劝学
xún
sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
xùn
to obey
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind
☴
ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
xī qǔ jiào xun
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
Ā Q5
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[Ā Q zhèng chuán]
xiǎo xūn
Xiao Xun (Taiwan actress, 1989-)
xùn
to sleep (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4]
quàn xué
On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
Kǒng Yǐ jǐ
Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
Zhōu Zuò rén
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
xūn
ocarina
wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes
xùn
to give in to
to be swayed by (personal considerations etc)
Taiwan pr. [xun2]
to follow
to expose publicly
variant of 侚[xun4]
variant of 殉[xun4]
xūn
to scent tea with flowers
variant of 熏[xun1]
kuáng rén rì jì
Diary of a madman by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lǔ Xùn]
Sān Sū
the Three Su father and sons
refers to northern Song literati Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵, Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙
Ā Q5 zhèng zhuàn
The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lǔ Xùn]
Xún Yù
Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
Ōu yáng Xún
Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Poets of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
Sū Xún
Su Xun (1009-1066), northern Song writer of prose
one of the Three Su 三苏 and one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
xūn
ancient porcelain wind-instrument
Téng yě Xiān sheng
Yoshino-Sensei, Japanese friend of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lǔ Xùn]
Zhōu Shù rén
Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
Zhōng guó Xiǎo shuō Shǐ lüè
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅
qiǎn zé xiǎo shuō
novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification)
xùn
to be the first to begin a quarrel
Táng chū Sì Dà jiā
Four Great Poets of early Tang
refers to Yu Shi'nan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 陽歐詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 楮遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]
Xùn Xiàn
Xun County in Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁[He4 bi4], Henan
xūn
fragrance
warm
to educate
variant of 熏[xun1]
to smoke
to fumigate
héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)
to treat with disdain
to defy
Ā Q
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]
Ā Q Zhèng zhuàn
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
xún
fathom (1.83 meters) (old)
Zhāo huā xī shī
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
Zhōng guó Xiǎo shuō Shǐ lüè
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅
Kuáng rén Rì jì
Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
Xiǎo Xūn
Xiao Xun (1989-), Taiwan actress