cun
pronunciation
How to pronounce cun in British English:
UK ['kən]
How to pronounce cun in American English:
US ['kən]
Word Origin
- cun (v.)
- "to learn to know, inquire into," from Old English cunnian "to learn to know," ultimately from the same ancient root as can (v.1). Surviving into 17c. and perhaps later in dialects.
Example
- 1. Like shenzhen , yumin cun has changed beyond recognition .
- 2. Several people laid flowers and wreaths outside google 's offices in the zhong guan cun high-tech district in beijing .
- 3. A couple of hours later I got lucky so I walked the 5 kms along the road to the town of sheng cun where I met up with the girls .
- 4. Among them were residents of yumin cun .
- 5. When seven hong kong factories opened in the village in 1979 , their rents flowed back to the residents of yumin cun .