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串

chuàn

HSK 6 Character

What 串 means

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

Example sentences

• 你想吃几串烤羊肉？
  How many kebabs will you have?
• 您想吃几串烤羊肉？
  How many kebabs will you have?
• 我们有五种烤肉串。
  We have five kinds of kebab.
• 我喜欢吃烤羊肉串。
  I like to eat lamb kebabs.
• 你们想吃几串烤羊肉？
  How many kebabs will you have?
• 但是我不会烤烤肉串！
  But I don't know how to cook kebabs!

Words starting with 串

• 串门chuàn ménto call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home
• 串联chuàn liánto establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series
• 串通chuàn tōngto collude; to collaborate; to gang up
• 串串chuàn chuàn(colloquial) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers…
• 串供chuàn gòngto collude to fabricate a story
• 串口chuàn kǒuserial port (computing)
• 串味chuàn wèito become tainted with the smell of sth else; to pick up an odor
• 串戏chuàn xìto act in a play; (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance
• 串换chuàn huànto exchange; to change; to swap
• 串流chuàn liú(Taiwan) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming
• 串烧chuàn shāoto cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab
• 串线chuàn xiànto get the lines crossed
• 串号chuàn hàoidentification number; IMEI
• 串行chuàn xíngseries; serial (computer)
• 串谋chuàn móuto conspire
• 串乡chuàn xiāngto go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)
• 串音chuàn yīncrosstalk; to overhear
• 串串狗chuàn chuàn gǒu(colloquial) mixed-breed dog; mutt
• 串串猫chuàn chuàn māo(colloquial) mixed-breed cat; moggy
• 串串香chuàn chuàn xiāngSichuan-style hotpot skewers
• 串处理chuàn chǔ lǐstring processing (computing)
• 串行口chuàn xíng kǒuserial port (computing)
• 串亲访友chuàn qīn fǎng yǒuto call on friends and relations (idiom)
• 串岗chuàn gǎngto leave one's post while on duty

Words containing 串

• 一连串yī lián chuàna succession of; a series of
• 羊肉串yáng ròu chuànlamb kebab
• 客串kè chuànto appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest…
• 反串fǎn chuàn(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty…
• 字串zì chuàn(computing) character string (Tw)
• 成串chéng chuànto be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc)…
• 烤串kǎo chuàngrilled food on skewers
• 符串fú chuànstring (as in "character string")
• 贯串guàn chuànto pierce through; to string together
• 连串lián chuànone after the other; a succession of; a series of
• 钱串qián chuànstring of cash
• 字符串zì fú chuànstring (computing)
• 钱串子qián chuàn zistring of copper coins (in ancient China); (fig.) an overly money-oriented person…
• 特别客串tè bié kè chuànspecial guest performer (in a show); special guest appearance (in film credits)
• 通用串行总线tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
• 撸串lū chuàn(colloquial) to eat grilled skewers
• 钱串儿qián chuàn rerhua variant of 钱串

Characters that look like 串

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 卓zhuóoutstanding
• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 帚zhǒubroom

Sounds the same

Read chuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钏armlet; bracelet
• 玔jade ring