HSK 6 · Ideas

循环 xúnhuán “cycle” in Chinese

Traditional 循環

What 循环 means

  1. cycle
  2. circulation
  3. to circulate
  4. circle
  5. loop

How to say 循环

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale循xún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale环huán2nd tone, rising

循环 in a sentence

  1. 水在自然界中不断循环。

    Shuǐ zài zìránjiè zhōng búduàn xúnhuán.

    Water circulates constantly in nature.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这首歌我单曲循环了一整天。

    Zhè shǒu gē wǒ dānqǔ xúnhuán le yì zhěng tiān.

    I had this song on repeat all day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 循环 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 循 (xún) with each of its parts in a different colour
循xúnto follow; to act in accordance with
  • 彳step · chìMeaning part
  • 盾shield · dùnSound part

彳 hints at the meaning (step); 盾 (dùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xún.

The character 环 (huán) with each of its parts in a different colour
环huánring
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huán.

How to write 循环

循 12 strokes · 环 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

循环 (xúnhuán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 循环 (xúnhuán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 循环

Words with 循

遵循zūnxún · to follow循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step

Words with 环

环境huánjìng · environment耳环ěrhuán · earring环节huánjié · link

More words: Ideas & Concepts

心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort信仰xìnyǎng · belief修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)须知xūzhī · notice演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve眼光yǎnguāng · vision要点yàodiǎn · main point

FAQs

循环 (xúnhuán) means “cycle” or “circulation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xúnhuán: xún with a 2nd tone, then huán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 循环 is written 循環. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xunhuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 循环 from the suggestions. Typing xunhuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
循环 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.