俊 (jùn): smart, eminent, handsome
俊 (jùn) is a Chinese character meaning “smart.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 夋 (phonetic). It ranks #1830 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 俊 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- smart
- eminent
- handsome
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英俊 | yīng jùn | handsome |
| 俊俏 | jùn qiào | attractive and intelligent |
| 俊美 | jùn měi | pretty |
| 忍俊不禁 | rěn jùn bù jīn | cannot help laughing |
| 俊秀 | jùn xiù | well-favored |
| 俊杰 | jùn jié | elite |
| 李俊 | lǐ jùn | Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] |
| 识时务者为俊杰 | shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié | (idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances |
| 海部俊树 | hǎi bù jùn shù | KAIFU Toshiki (1931-), Japanese politician, prime minister 1989-1991 |
| 马俊仁 | mǎ jùn rén | Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach |
| 帝俊 | dì jùn | Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4] |
| 忍俊 | rěn jùn | smiling |
| 俊雅 | jùn yǎ | (literary) elegant |
| 朱俊 | zhū jùn | Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han |
| 俊拔 | jùn bá | outstandingly talented |
俊 appears in 19 compound words: 32 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 26 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 俊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这位老俊虽然年过八旬,但身体依然硬朗。
zhè wèi lǎo jùn suī rán nián guò bā xún , dàn shēn tī yī rán yìng lǎng .
Though over eighty years old, this old gentleman remains in robust health.
轰宾宾哥抹黑!“直播天王”林扬俊搜证要告了 酸他应先处理自身纠纷
hōng bīn bīn gē mā hēi ! zhí bō tiān wáng lín yáng jùn sōu zhèng yāo gào le suān tā yīng xiān chǔ lǐ zì shēn jiū fēn
Bombard Bingo smear!" "Lin Yangjun is going to sue for collecting evidence, and he should deal with his own dispute first
《港楼》中原施俊嵘:亚太区去年全年营业额逾43.5亿 促...
gǎng lóu zhōng yuán shī jùn 嵘 : yà tài qū qù nián quán nián yíng yè é yú 4 3 . 5 yì cù . . .
"Hong Kong Building" Zhongyuan Shi Junrong: The annual turnover of the Asia-Pacific region exceeded 4.35 billion yuan last year, promoting...
台股连日破高 券商公会陈俊宏:长线上看5万点
tái gǔ lián rì pò gāo quàn shāng gōng huì chén jùn hóng : cháng xiàn shàng kàn 5 wàn diǎn
Taiwan stocks have broken high for several days Chen Junhong of the Brokerage Association: 50,000 points in the long run
川普仍有其他法源维持关税政策 林俊宪:蓝白刻意渲染恐慌
chuān pǔ réng yǒu qí tā fǎ yuán wéi chí guān shuì zhèng cè lín jùn xiàn : lán bái kè yì 渲 rǎn kǒng huāng
Trump still has other sources of law to maintain the tariff policy Lin Junxian: Blue and white deliberately exaggerate panic
...普关税急转弯!曾劝行政院暂缓与美谈判 施俊吉:可惜未获采用
. . . pǔ guān shuì jí zhuǎn wān ! céng quàn háng zhèng yuàn zàn huǎn yǔ měi tán pàn shī jùn jí : kě xī wèi huò cǎi yòng
... General tariff sharp turn! Shi Junji, who once persuaded the Executive Yuan to suspend negotiations with the United States, said: Unfortunately, it was not adopted
我爸爸年轻的时候一定很英俊。
Wǒ bàba niánqīng de shíhou yīdìng hěn yīngjùn.
My father must have been handsome in his youth.
汤姆是一个年轻而且英俊的人。
Tāngmǔ shì yī gè niánqīng érqiě yīngjùn de rén.
Tom is a young and handsome man.
汤姆并不是玛丽说得那样英俊。
Tāngmǔ bìngbù shì Mǎlì shuō de nàyàng yīngjùn.
Tom wasn't as handsome as Mary said he was.
俊杰今天请假,好像去考公职。
Jùnjié jīntiān qǐngjià, hǎoxiàng qù kǎo gōngzhí.
Chun-chieh took the day off. I think he's taking the civil service exam.
Character Family
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