村 (cūn): village
村 (cūn) is a Chinese character meaning “village.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 寸 (phonetic). It ranks #712 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 村 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- village
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 村
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 村子 | cūn zi | village |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village |
| 村长 | cūn zhǎng | village chief |
| 中村 | zhōng cūn | Nakamura (Japanese surname) |
| 村落 | cūn luò | village |
| 度假村 | dù jià cūn | resort (vacation property) |
| 野村 | yě cūn | Nomura (Japanese surname) |
| 山村 | shān cūn | mountain village |
| 西村 | xī cūn | Nishimura (Japanese surname) |
| 村姑 | cūn gū | village girl |
| 村上 | cūn shàng | Murakami (Japanese surname) |
| 大村 | dà cūn | Dacun Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 村委会 | cūn wěi huì | village committee |
| 村镇 | cūn zhèn | hamlet (place) |
村 appears in 68 compound words: 28 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 24 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 村 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个村庄的年轻人大多外出打工，留守的多是老人和孩子。
Zhè gè cūnzhuāng de niánqīng rén dàduō wàichū dǎgōng, liúshǒu de duō shì lǎorén hé háizi.
Most young people in this village work outside, leaving mostly elderly and children behind.
...食 屏山传人坚守柴火制盆菜 父女档延续围村风味
. . . shí bǐng shān chuán rén jiān shǒu chái huǒ zhì pén cài fù nǚ dàng yán xù wéi cūn fēng wèi
... Food Pingshan descendants stick to firewood to make poon choi, and the father and daughter stall continue the flavor of the walled village
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cūn wū jiù lóu rù mén 5 G lù yóu qì ēn wù W a v l i . . .
Village House Old Building Entry 5G Router Gift Wavli...
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jiāng jūn ào cūn wū 7 suì nán tóng yí nòng huài jiù fù i P a d zāo yī jià dǎ jí . . .
A 7-year-old boy in a village house in Tseung Kwan O was suspected of breaking his uncle's iPad and was hit by a hanger...
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sān yà gě jī guān shàn wèi jí cūn shè ōu tíng chē chǎng chūn jié miǎn fèi kāi fàng
Sanya 110 institutions and units and village (community) parking lots open for free in the Spring Festival
对话滞留俄罗斯“极光村”的中国游客:路两边的冰雪堆..
duì huà zhì liú é luó sī jí guāng cūn de zhōng guó yóu kè lù liǎng biān de bīng xuě duī . .
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去那个村庄的唯一途径是过河。
Qù nèige cūnzhuāng de wéiyī tújìng shì guò hé.
The only access to the village is from the river.
我天黑之前到达了村庄。
Wǒ tiānhēi zhīqián dàodá le cūnzhuāng.
I arrived at the village before dark.
距离村内的邮政局不到一公里。
Jùlí cūn nèi de yóuzhèngjú bù dào yī gōnglǐ.
It was less than one kilometer to the village post office.
我们成了整个村庄的笑柄。
Wǒmen chéngle zhěnggè cūnzhuāng de xiàobǐng.
We've become a mockery to the whole village.
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