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贯

guàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 貫

What 贯 means

1. to pierce through
2. to pass through
3. to be stringed together
4. string of 1000 cash

Example sentences

• 他全神贯注。
  He is giving his whole attention to that.
• 她全神贯注地写着诗。
  Tā quánshénguànzhù de xiě zhe shī.
  She was absorbed in writing a poem.
• 雅妮和努亚全神贯注地听斯库拉说话。
  Yanni and Nuja listened carefully to Skura.
• 看那些踢球的队员们！他们真是全神贯注啊！
  Kàn nàxiē tī qiú de duìyuán men! tāmen zhēnshi quánshénguànzhù ā!
  Look at those guys play! They’re really getting stuck in!
• 一本好书会令你全神贯注，甚至忘掉周围和自己。
  Yī běn hǎo shūhuì lìng nǐ quánshénguànzhù, shènzhì wàngdiào zhōuwéi hé zìjǐ.
  A good book can completely absorb your attention, to the extent that you forget your surroundings and even your existence.

Words starting with 贯

• 贯彻guàn chèto implement; to put into practice; to carry out
• 贯穿guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
• 贯通guàn tōngto link up; to thread together
• 贯时guàn shídiachronic
• 贯气guàn qì(feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves…
• 贯注guàn zhùto concentrate on; to give full attention to
• 贯连guàn liánto link up; to join together; to connect
• 贯彻始终guàn chè shǐ zhōngto follow through; to carry through to the end
• 贯串guàn chuànto pierce through; to string together

Words containing 贯

• 一贯yī guànconsistent; constant; from start to finish
• 籍贯jí guànone's ancestral home…
• 全神贯注quán shén guàn zhù(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
• 连贯lián guànto link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc)
• 鱼贯yú guànone after the other; in single file
• 满贯mǎn guànto win every trick in a card game; grand slam; fig. total success
• 融会贯通róng huì guàn tōng(idiom) to integrate knowledge from various sources into a deep and coherent…
• 横贯héng guànhorizontal traverse; to cut across; to cross transversally
• 万贯wàn guànten thousand strings of cash; very wealthy; millionaire
• 如雷贯耳rú léi guàn ěrlit. like thunder piercing the ear; a well-known reputation (idiom)
• 腰缠万贯yāo chán wàn guànlit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money…
• 本贯běn guànancestral home; domicile of origin
• 条贯tiáo guàn(literary) systematic arrangement; coherent presentation
• 旧贯jiù guànold system; former rules
• 乡贯xiāng guànone's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace
• 大满贯dà mǎn guàngrand slam
• 罗贯中Luó Guàn zhōngLuo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other…
• 鱼贯而入yú guàn ér rùto walk in in a line
• 鱼贯而出yú guàn ér chūto file out; to walk out in a line
• 纵贯zòng guànlit. warp string in weaving; fig. vertical or north-south lines; to pass through
• 恶贯满盈è guàn mǎn yínglit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil…
• 气贯长虹qì guàn cháng hóngspirit reaches to the rainbow; full of noble aspiration and daring
• 一以贯之yī yǐ guàn zhī(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld…
• 家赀万贯jiā zī wàn guànimmensely rich

Characters that look like 贯

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

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 苜mùclover

Sounds the same

Read guàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惯accustomed to; used to; indulge
• 冠to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 灌to irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 罐can; jar; pot
• 观Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
• 掼to fling; to fall; to wear
• 盥to wash (especially hands)
• 鹳crane; stork
• 涫(classical) to boil
• 祼pour out libation
• 瓘jade used for making goblets
• 卝two bunches of hair on a child