chun

See also: chūn, chún, chǔn, chun1, chun2, and chun3

Irish

chun (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

to, toward
ceathrú chun a trí ― a quarter to three
in order to
Synonyms: d'fhonn, le

Chuaigh sí go dtí an sioppa chun téip dhúchta a cheanach.
She's gone to the shop in order to buy duct tape.
going to (as a predicate of bí, followed by a verb phrase)
Synonyms: ar tí, le, le haghaidh
1. expressing intended action
  Tá mé chun é a fheiceáil amárach. ― I’m going to see him tomorrow.
2. expressing prospective action
  Bhí mé chun ceist a chur ort. ― I was about to ask you a question.
(quasi-passive) have to expressing a necessary or planned action (as a predicate of bí, followed by genitive of verbal noun)
Tá an linn snámha chun folmhaithe. ― The pool is to be emptied.

The personal forms of chuig are used for this preposition as well.

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dochum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “chun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 100

chun

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

chun (+ genitive)

to, towards
An tèid sibh chun na dùthcha sin? ― Will you go to that country?
as far as

^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN