xún
旬 (xún) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]); (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])
- 2(bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")
Related words
中旬middle third of a month下旬last third of the month七旬70 years; one's seventies上旬first third of a month三旬九食lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)五旬节Pentecost八旬80 years; one's eighties六旬60 years; one's sixties四旬斋Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)四旬节First Sunday of Lent旬始comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow旬岁full year