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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xun

/ʃuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
xun
IPA
/ʃuːn/
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 塤 /埙 (xūn).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

xuns (plural)

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon man in the moon blue moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon

Questions

How do you pronounce xun?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃuːn/.
What does xun mean?
A clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.
Where does xun come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 塤 /埙 (xūn).

How to pronounce xun

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