Hanzi
Traditional
馴
Simplified
驯

to attain gradually/to tame/Taiwan pr. [xun2]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

xùn, xún

Bopomofo

ㄒㄩㄣˋ, ㄒㄩㄣˊ

Jyutping

seon4

Example sentences

馴服 / 驯服 xùnfú
他花了半年才馴服那匹野馬。
他花了半年才驯服那匹野马。

He spent half a year taming that wild horse.

狂野 kuángyě
這匹馬性情狂野，不容易馴服。
这匹马性情狂野，不容易驯服。

This horse has a wild temperament and is not easy to tame.

Example Vocabulary

馴服

xun4'fu2

to tame; tame or docile

馴養

xun4'yang3

溫馴

wen1'xun2

馴化

xun2'hua4

馴鹿

xun2'lu4

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