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攒

cuán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 攢

攒 (cuán) means "to bring together; to collect; to hoard". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 攒 means

1. to bring together

Other readings

攒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zǎnto collect; to hoard; to accumulate

Example sentences

• 他在攒钱上大学。
  Tā zài cuán qián shàng dàxué.
  He's saving up to go to college.
• 挣钱容易攒钱难。
  Zhēng qián róngyì cuán qián nán.
  It is easier to get money than to keep it.
• 我工作是为了攒大学学费。
  Wǒ gōngzuò shì wèile cuán dàxué xuéfèi.
  I am working to save for my college tuition.
• 你应该经常为了雨天攒钱。
  You should always save money for a rainy day.
• 他在上个景气时期炒股攒下了一笔钱。
  Tā zài shàngge jǐngqì shíqī chǎogǔ cuán xià le yī bǐ qián.
  He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.

Words starting with 攒

• 攒劲zǎn jìn(dialect) to muster strength; to exert oneself; to strive
• 攒簇cuán cùto gather closely together
• 攒聚cuán jùto gather; to assemble
• 攒钱zǎn qiánto save up money
• 攒集cuán jíto gather; to assemble

Words containing 攒

• 积攒jī zǎnto save bit by bit; to accumulate
• 拼攒pīn cuánto assemble
• 万头攒动wàn tóu cuán dòng(idiom) bustling with many people
• 众星攒月zhòng xīng cuán yuèsee 众星捧月

Characters that look like 攒

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

• 蟹xiècrab
• 襟jīnlapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 攘rǎng(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist…
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn
• 璧bìjade annulus

Where 攒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cuán–zàn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cuán correctly.
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