lún
noun #29,378

Meanings

  1. 1 (bound form) logical sequence; orderly arrangement
  2. 2 used in transliterations

Examples

Kūnlún shān shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de shānmài.
The Kunlun Mountains are a famous mountain range in China.
Nápòlún shì Fǎguó lìshǐ shàng zhùmíng de huángdì.
Napoleon was a famous emperor in French history.

Tips

usage
rarely appears alone in modern Chinese. It functions mainly as a bound morpheme in names: (Kunlun Mountains), 拿破仑 (Napoleon), (Coulomb, the unit of electric charge). In its classical sense it means 'orderly sequence of thought.'

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