春 (chūn): spring
春 (chūn) is a Chinese character meaning “spring.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic). It ranks #921 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 春 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- spring
Etymology & Origin
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Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 春
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春季 | chūn jì | springtime |
| 春假 | chūn jià | spring break |
| 常春藤 | cháng chūn téng | ivy |
| 春光 | chūn guāng | scenes of springtime |
| 春梦 | chūn mèng | spring dream |
| 春卷 | chūn juǎn | egg roll |
| 春日 | chūn rì | Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 春药 | chūn yào | aphrodisiac |
| 长春 | cháng chūn | see 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4] |
| 春风 | chūn fēng | spring breeze |
| 开春 | kāi chūn | beginning of spring |
| 春色 | chūn sè | colors of spring |
| 春心 | chūn xīn | amorous feelings |
| 春秋 | chūn qiū | spring and autumn |
| 回春 | huí chūn | return of spring |
春 appears in 100 compound words: 56 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 春 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (22)
lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom); fig. extremely dangerous situation
Showing 12 of 22 idioms containing 春.
Example Sentences
春节是中国最重要的传统节日，人们会回家与家人团聚。
Chūnjié shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de chuántǒng jiérì, rénmen huì huí jiā yǔ jiārén tuánjù.
Spring Festival is China's most important traditional holiday; people return home to reunite with family.
(新春走基层)从塔里木河到钱塘江:一颗“石榴籽...
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng cóng tǎ lǐ mù hé dào qián táng jiāng yī kē shí 榴 籽 . . .
(Spring Festival) From Tarim River to Qiantang River: A "Pomegranate Seed"...
阿福上春晚后爆火登顶AppStore:这4个宝藏...
ā fú shǎng chūn wǎn hòu bào huǒ dēng dǐng zhè gě bǎo zàng . . .
Afu tops AppStore after bursting into flames at Spring Festival Gala: These 4 treasures...
湖北文旅集团AI守岁人护新春 科技赋能年味浓
hú běi wén lǚ jí tuán shǒu suì rén hù xīn chūn kē jì fù néng nián wèi nóng
Hubei Culture and Tourism Group AI year-keeper to protect the New Year Technology empowers the flavor of the year
新春走军营丨北部战区陆军某边防旅巡逻艇中队守...
xīn chūn zǒu jūn yíng 丨 běi bù zhàn ōu lù jūn mǒu biān fáng lǚ xún luó tǐng zhōng duì shǒu . . .
The new spring walk military camp丨Army of the northern theater of war a border guard brigade patrol boat squadron guard...
在春晚与沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多...
zài chūn wǎn yú 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō . . .
The robot that shared the frame with Shen Teng and Ma Li at the Spring Festival Gala in more than 100...
春天和秋天，你更喜欢哪个？
Chūntiān hé qiūtiān, nǐ gèng xǐhuan něige?
Which do you prefer, spring or autumn?
冬天到了，春天还会远吗？
Dōngtiān dào le, chūntiān hái huì yuǎn ma?
Winter is here, spring can't be far?
你知道春卷为什么叫春卷吗？
Nǐ zhīdào chūnjuǎn wèishénme jiào chūnjuǎn ma?
Do you know why spring rolls are called spring rolls?
一场春雨使花朵回复了生气。
Yī chǎng chūnyǔ shǐ huāduǒ huífù le shēngqì.
A spring rain revived the flower.
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