Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced chun
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced chun, including 春 chūn, 纯 chún, 唇 chún, 蠢 chǔn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
To say chun, set the tongue tip back for the retroflex ch, then run into un without a pause — one Mandarin block, with the tone laid over it.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final un
Settle the final un into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (春 chūn, 纯 chún, 唇 chún, 蠢 chǔn) and lock in their tones. 4 common characters share the sound chun, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
chun turns up here with 3 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 春 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 纯, 唇 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 蠢 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing chun inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
4 common characters in this group.