Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced shun
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced shun, including 顺 shùn, 瞬 shùn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For shun, curl the tongue back on sh and join it smoothly to un; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial sh
Curl the tongue back for sh. English speakers often make it too flat.
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 (顺 shùn, 瞬 shùn) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound shun, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
shun turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 顺, 瞬 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing shun inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.