旬

xún

measure word for a ten-day period; ten years of age

Dictionary entry

(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬); (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬 "sixty years old")

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旬

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爷爷年过六旬。

Yéye nián guò liù xún.

English

Grandpa is past sixty.

本月上旬出发吗?

Běn yuè shàngxún chūfā ma?

English

Do we set out in the first ten days of the month?

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