[shuhn] 
| to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. |
[you] ,| Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun), was a paragon of good government. |
| shun (shŭn) tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns To avoid deliberately; keep away from. See Synonyms at escape. [Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.] shun'ner n. |