旬xún ❶ (十天) a period of ten days: 按 ~ 计算 calculate in ten-day periods; 兼 ~ twenty days; 上[中; 下] ~ the first [second; last] ten days ❷ (十岁) a period of ten years in a person's age (applied only to old persons): 八 ~ 老母 80-year-old mother; 年过六 ~ over sixty (years old) ❸ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 和 Xun He ◆旬刊 periodical appearing once every ten days; 旬日 ten-day; 旬星 ten-day star |