Chinese mnemonics and annotator

Imjagpul (legacy data - reimport)

cún
to survive
The child has talent, so it survives even a night in a burning house. The fairy finds it stunning.

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Ts'un was originally composed of 子 tzŭ child as radical and 才 ts'ai , and meant to ask compassionately after. It is now used in the sense of to preserve, to put on record.

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Ts'un is composed of 子 tzŭ son as radical, and 才 ts'ai as phonetic, and originally meant to enquire compassionately. It now means to keep, to preserve, to be alive, etc.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


cún
to exist/to deposit/to store/to keep/to survive

Phrases ending with the given character

tàn
cún
carbon sink
xìng
shú
cún
sexual intimacy

Chinesisch-Deutsch (HanDeDict)

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Cantonese slang

Cantonese (transcription)