汛 (xùn) — seasonal flood; high water (used in compounds)
Definition
汛 (xùn) is a bound form used only in compounds about seasonal river flooding — you'll meet it in 汛期 ('flood season'), 防汛 ('flood control'), and 汛情 ('flood conditions').
bound form
seasonal floodhigh water (used in compounds)
Easily confused
- 讯xùnlook-alike(bound form) news, message, dispatch
- 逊xùnsound-alike(bound form) to abdicate (used in 逊位)
- 驯xùnsound-aliketo tame (an animal or one's temper)
- 训xùnsound-aliketo train, to drill (skills, often physically)
- 殉xùnsound-alike(bound form) to die for a cause, such as duty or love
- 迅xùnsound-alikefast; quick (bound form, used in compound words)
Examples
- 汛。Měi nián liù yuè dào bā yuè shì cháng jiāng de xùn qī.Every year from June to August is the flood season of the Yangtze River.
- 。Zhèng fǔ tóu rù le dà liàng zī jīn jiā qiáng fáng xùn gōng zuò.The government invested a lot of funds to strengthen flood control efforts.
- 汛。Qì xiàng bù mén měi tiān fā bù zuì xīn de xùn qíng bào gào.The meteorological department issues the latest flood situation report every day.
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