顺
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shùn · to submit to, to obey, to go along with

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HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #2780
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9Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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页Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 顺

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shùnWords pronounced shùn
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Example sentences

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Shùn biàn shuō yí jù, nǐ zuì jìn jiàn guò tā ma?顺便说一句,你最近见过他吗?

By the way, have you seen him lately?

Source: Tatoeba #334597 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xū yào mǒu rén bào zhe wǒ bìng duì wǒ shuō yí qiè huì shùn lì de.我需要某人抱着我并对我说一切会顺利的。

I need someone to hold me and tell me everything will be alright.

Source: Tatoeba #757998 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men yīnggāi bǎ xué shēng de míng zì gēn zhe zì mǔ shùn xù lái ān pái.我们应该把学生的名字跟着字母顺序来安排。

We ought to sort the students' names alphabetically.

Source: Tatoeba #2585790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhù nǐ yí lù shùn fēng.祝你一路顺风。

I hope you have a good trip.

Source: Tatoeba #435215 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men lùshang yì fān fēng shùn, zhí dào yù shàng bào fēng xuě.我们路上一帆风顺,直到遇上暴风雪。

Our journey went smoothly until we ran into a blizzard.

Source: Tatoeba #7012155 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ huì zài huí jiā de lùshang shùn biàn qù yóu jú.我会在回家的路上顺便去邮局。

I'll drop by the post office on the way home.

Source: Tatoeba #5624961 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 顺 in context

  1. Say shùn, then recall the core meaning: to submit to, to obey, to go along with.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 顺便 (shùn biàn), meaning “conveniently”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 顺 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.