cūn
noun HSK 3 #3,925

Meanings

  1. 1 village
  2. 2 rural; rustic

Characters

Contains (tree) + (inch) — a small settlement among the trees.

Examples

Tā lái zì yí gè xiǎo cūnzi.
He comes from a small village.
Zhège cūn zhǐ yǒu jǐ bǎi gè rén.
This village has only a few hundred people.
Wǒmen qù nóngcūn wán le yì tiān.
We went to the countryside for a day.

Tips

usage
is often combined with other words: 村子 (cūnzi, village — colloquial), 农村 (nóngcūn, countryside/rural area), 村民 (cūnmín, villager), 村庄 (cūnzhuāng, village — more literary).

Stroke Order

cūn