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xun

/ʃuːn/

xun noun: a clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.

xun: a clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China
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Noun

xun (plural xuns)

  1. A clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.

Forms of xun

pluralxuns

Origin of xun

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

Words that rhyme with xun

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Questions about xun

What does xun mean?
Xun means a clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.
What part of speech is xun?
Xun is a noun.
How do you pronounce xun?
Xun is pronounced /ʃuːn/.
What is the plural of xun?
The plural of xun is xuns.

Words near xun in the dictionary

  1. xuixo
  2. xuixos
  3. Xujiahui
  4. XUL
  5. Xumi
  6. xun
  7. Xunantunich
  8. Xunhua
  9. xuns
  10. Xunyang
  11. Xunyi

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