驯 meaning in English

xùn

to attain gradually; to tame

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 馴6 strokes

Meaning of 驯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xùn
  1. to attain gradually
  2. to tame
  3. Taiwan pr. [xun2]

驯 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

狗gǒu的de驯xùn化huà史shǐ至zhì少shǎo有yǒu四sì万wàn年nián。
Dogs have been domesticated for at least 40,000 years.
我wǒ知zhī道dào汤tāng姆mǔ是shì位wèi驯xùn马mǎ师shī。
I know that Tom is a horse trainer.
狮shī子zi听tīng从cóng驯xùn兽shòu师shī的de指zhǐ挥huī。
The lion followed the trainer's commands.
海hǎi豚tún和hé驯xùn养yǎng员yuán交jiāo流liú得de比bǐ我wǒ们men所suǒ期qī望wàng的de好hǎo得de多duō。
The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.

Stroke order for each character

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驯 xùn · to attain gradually · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 驯.

驯鹿xùnlùreindeer
驯服xùnfúto tame; tame
驯兽师xùnshòushīanimal trainer; tamer

Questions about 驯

What does 驯 mean?

驯 (xùn) means "to attain gradually; to tame" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 驯?

驯 is made of 1 character: 驯 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 驯 an HSK word?

Yes. 驯 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 驯 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 驯 is written 馴.