酝 (yùn): to brew
酝 (yùn) is a Chinese character meaning “to brew.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 酉 (semantic) and 云 (phonetic). It ranks #2891 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 酝 wine. Its radical form 酉 (wine) appears in many related characters such as 配 (pèi, to join), 酸 (suān, sour), 醒 (xǐng, to wake up).
Definitions
- to brew
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
酝 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 酝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
酝酿美酒，需要时间。
Yùnniàng měijiǔ, xūyào shíjiān.
Brewing fine wine takes time.
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tái qìng kē yōng A I yǔ chē yòng liǎng dà dòng néng yùn niàng xià yī bō diàn gǎn zhǎng jià cháo
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...O再现 全球无奈被炸》欧洲多国能源战略 酝酿转向核电
. . . O zài xiàn quán qiú wú nài bèi zhà ōu zhōu duō guó néng yuán zhàn lüè yùn niàng zhuǎn xiàng hé diàn
...O Returns: The World Is Left Powerless as It Is Bombarded》Energy Strategies in Many European Countries Are Shifting Toward Nuclear Power
WSJ:美国民主党内部矛盾严重 进步派正酝酿推翻参议院领袖舒默
W S J : měi guó mín zhǔ dǎng nèi bù máo dùn yán chóng jìn bù pài zhèng yùn niàng tuī fān cān yì yuàn lǐng xiù shū mò
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他们的友情酝酿成爱情的果实。
Tāmen de yǒuqíng yùnniàng chéng àiqíng de guǒshí.
Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
他和她之间的友谊，渐渐地酝酿成了爱情。
Tā hé tā zhījiān de yǒuyì, jiànjiàn de yùnniàng chéngle àiqíng.
By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.
Character Family
酉 Radical Family — Characters sharing the wine radical
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