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巡 xún

to cruise, to inspect, to patrol

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 6
Radical
巛
Type
Ideograph
Made of 辶巛 ⿺辶巛

Memory hint: To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation

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  1. 警察每天晚上都会巡逻这条街。
    Jǐngchá měitiān wǎnshang dōu huì xúnluó zhè tiáo jiē.
    The police patrol this street every night.
    police every-day evening all will patrol this (measure) street
  2. 这一带多久会有警察巡逻一次？
    Zhè yídài duōjiǔ huì yǒu jǐngchá xúnluó yí cì?
    How often does the police patrol this area?
    this area how-long will have police patrol one time (question)
  3. 建议增加夜间巡逻的次数。
    Jiànyì zēngjiā yèjiān xúnluó de cìshù.
    It's suggested to increase the number of night patrols.
    suggest increase night-time patrol (particle) number-of-times
  4. 今晚没有安排巡逻任务。
    Jīnwǎn méiyǒu ānpái xúnluó rènwu.
    There's no patrol duty arranged for tonight.
    tonight not-have arrange patrol duty
  5. 深夜时分，保安仍在小区里巡逻。
    Shēnyè shífēn, bǎo'ān réng zài xiǎoqū lǐ xúnluó.
    In the middle of the night, the security guard is still patrolling the neighborhood.
    deep-night time, security-guard still progressive residential-area-inside patrol

Words with 巡 (1)