chuàn
串 (chuàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly”.
Meanings
- 1to string together
- 2to skewer
- 3to connect wrongly
- 4to gang up
- 5to rove
- 6string
- 7bunch
- 8skewer
- 9classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
- 10to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
- 11to move across
- Part of speech
- measure word, verb
Related words
一连串a succession of客串to appear on stage in an amateur capacity串通to collude串门to call on sb串联to establish ties; to contact羊肉串lamb kebab反串(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty串通一气to act in collusion (idiom)串供to collude to fabricate a story字符串string (computing)串串(coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1])串串狗(coll.) mixed-breed dog; mutt