What does 春 mean in Chinese?

春 (chūn) means "spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 6 word.

How do you pronounce 春?

春 is pronounced "chūn" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 1.

What words contain the character 春?

Common words with 春 include 三春 (the three spring months), 伊春 (Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang), 叫春 (to caterwaul), 回春 (return of spring), 伊春区 (Yichun district of Yichun city, Heilongjiang).

How do you write 春?

春 has 9 strokes. Its radical is 日. You can view the stroke order animation on our stroke order tool.

春 (chūn), spring (time)

春

chūn

spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful

HSK 69 strokes

Character Breakdown

春 = 三 + 人 + 日

Three people under the sun — spring

Radical: 日 (no. 72)Strokes: 9

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Definitions

spring (time)
gay
joyful
youthful
love
lust
life

Example Sentences

春天很美丽。

Chūntiān hěn měilì

Spring is very beautiful

Words Containing 春

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三春	sān chūn	the three spring months
伊春	Yī chūn	Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang
叫春	jiào chūn	to caterwaul
回春	huí chūn	return of spring
伊春区	Yī chūn qū	Yichun district of Yichun city, Heilongjiang
伊春市	Yī chūn shì	Yichun prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江\|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
倒春寒	dào chūn hán	cold snap during the spring
报春花	bào chūn huā	primrose (Primula malacoides)
公羊春秋	Gōng yáng Chūn qiū	Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳\|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4]
十国春秋	shí guó chūn qiū	History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣\|吴任臣, 77 scrolls

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人生一世，草木一春(rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn)· Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

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嗜酒如命(shì jiǔ rú mìng)· to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

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一年之计在于春(yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn)· the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)

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Grammar Notes

Expressing Change (了 sentence-final)HSK 3

Statement + 了 (at end of sentence)

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HSK & Exam Info

HSK 2.0: Level 6

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