Chinese word dictionary

巡更

xún gēng · to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs

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Word information

Simplified巡更

Traditional巡更

Pinyinxún gēng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

巡xún

to cruise, to inspect, to patrol

更gèng

more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify

How to learn 巡更

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

更gèng

more; even more; further; still; still more

更加gèngjiā

more (than sth else); even more

更换gēnghuàn

to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)

更新gēngxīn

to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate

变更biàngēng

to change; to alter; to modify

更改gēnggǎi

to alter