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chuàn
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 串

串音
chuàn yīn

crosstalk

串通
chuàn tōng

to collude

串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì

to act in collusion (idiom)

串戏
chuàn xì

to act in a play

反串
fǎn chuàn

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty

串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu

to call on friends and relations (idiom)

串行
chuàn háng

to miss a line

串流
chuàn liú

to stream (online)

串门子
chuàn mén zi

see 串門|串门[chuàn mén]

串行点阵打印机
chuàn xíng diǎn zhèn dǎ yìn jī

serial dot matrix printer

通用串行总线
tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn

Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer)

连串
lián chuàn

one after the other

符串
fú chuàn

string (as in \character string\)

串烧
chuàn shāo

to cook on a skewer

串行
chuàn xíng

series

串谋
chuàn móu

to conspire

串换
chuàn huàn

to exchange

贯串
guàn chuàn

to pierce through

羊肉串
yáng ròu chuàn

lamb kebab

串行口
chuàn xíng kǒu

serial port (computing)

串号
chuàn hào

identification number

客串
kè chuàn

to appear on stage in an amateur capacity

串口
chuàn kǒu

serial port (computing)

一连串
yī lián chuàn

a succession of

钱串子
qián chuàn zi

string of copper coins (in ancient China)

串门
chuàn mén

to call on sb

字符串
zì fú chuàn

string (computing)

串线
chuàn xiàn

to get the lines crossed

成串
chéng chuàn

to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc)

串乡
chuàn xiāng

to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)

钱串
qián chuàn

string of cash

串处理
chuàn chǔ lǐ

string processing (computing)

串联
chuàn lián

to establish ties or contact

串味
chuàn wèi

to become tainted with the smell of sth else

串岗
chuàn gǎng

to leave one's post while on duty

特别客串
tè bié kè chuàn

special guest performer (in a show)

串供
chuàn gòng

to collude to fabricate a story