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醺

xūn
adjective #68,023

Meanings

  1. 1 intoxicated
  2. 2 tipsy with drink

Examples

HSK 5
喝了两杯，他已经微醺。
Hē le liǎng bēi, tā yǐjīng wēixūn.
After two glasses he was pleasantly tipsy.
HSK 5
客人个个喝得醉醺醺的。
Kèrén gègè hē de zuìxūnxūn de.
The guests were all merrily drunk.

Tips

usage
Seen in 微醺 (pleasantly tipsy) and the reduplicated 醉醺醺 (drunkenly). It suggests a warm, mellow drunkenness, not stumbling drunk.

Components

radical
酉 yǒu
wine vessel
Left 酉 (a wine jar), the indexing radical. It marks anything to do with alcohol - fitting for being drunk - alongside 酒 (wine) and 醉 (drunk).
phonetic
熏 xūn
to smoke; phonetic
Right 熏 supplies the sound exactly (xūn = xūn) and a fitting image: being 'smoked' or steeped by the warmth of wine until intoxicated.

Stroke Order

醺 xūn