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串

chuàn

to string together; to skewer

HSK 3.0 · Level 6 HSK 2.0 · Level 6 measure wordverbnoun Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

2 forms
  1. BronzeShang
  2. Bamboo & silkWarring States

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

chuàn chuan4
  1. to string together
  2. to skewer
  3. to connect wrongly
  4. to gang up
  5. to rove
  6. string
  7. bunch
  8. skewer
  9. classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
  10. to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
  11. to move across

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