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chuàn

HSK 6freq #5008

Meanings

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chuàn

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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Wiktionary

1.to string together; to link up
2.string; chain; series of objects
3.skewer
4.Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.
5.to cross; to criss-cross; to traverse to; to mix (undesirably)
6.to gang up on; to conspire; to collaborate
7.to pay a visit to; to visit; to move about
8.to play a role; to act; to perform
9.thread
10.to spell (a word in letters)
11.cocksure; arrogant; cocky
12.to humiliate; to provoke
13.to get close to; to fawn on; to be obsequious to; to curry favor with
14.people on intimate terms
15.habit; custom
16.to joke; to banter
17.used in 串夷

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – objects strung together. Cognate with 穿 (OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons, “to pierce through; to wear”).

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Stroke order

Components

串中

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

一連串的災難襲擊這個地區。
A string of disasters struck the region.
她提出了一連串的醫學發現。
She made a series of medical discoveries.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Related words

串门 to call on sb 串线 to get the lines crossed 串口 serial port (computing)钱串 string of cash 串供 to collude to fabricate a story 烤串 grilled food on skewers 串味 to become tainted with the smell of sth else 串换 to exchange 客串 to appear on stage in an amateur capacity 串串 (coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuàn chuàn xiāng])串联 to establish ties; to contact 串行 to miss a line