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闯

chuǎng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 闖

闯 (chuǎng) means "to rush in; to barge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 闯 means

1. to rush
2. to charge
3. to dash
4. to break through
5. to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

Example sentences

• 他闯入一间房子。
  Tā chuǎngrù yī jiān fángzi.
  He broke into a house.
• 他们闯进了珠宝店。
  They broke into the jewelry shop.
• 昨天强盗闯进了店里。
  A burglar broke into the shop yesterday.
• 一个窃贼闯进了他的房子。
  Yī gè qièzéi chuǎngjìn le tā de fángzi.
  A burglar broke into his house.
• 汤姆闯进了玛丽的酒店房间。
  Tāngmǔ chuǎngjìn le Mǎlì de jiǔdiàn fángjiān.
  Tom broke into Mary's hotel room.
• 天使畏惧处, 愚人敢闯入。
  Tiānshǐ wèijù chǔ, yúrén gǎn chuǎngrù.
  Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Words starting with 闯

• 闯进chuǎng jìnto burst in
• 闯入chuǎng rùto intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
• 闯荡chuǎng dàngto leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success
• 闯过chuǎng guòto crash one's way through
• 闯关chuǎng guānto crash through a barrier
• 闯祸chuǎng huòto cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
• 闯卡chuǎng kǎto force one's way through a checkpoint (without authorization or stopping)
• 闯王Chuǎng WángChuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成…
• 闯王陵Chuǎng Wáng língmausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成
• 闯空门chuǎng kōng ménto break into a home when no one is there (to steal)
• 闯红灯chuǎng hóng dēngto run a red light; failing to stop at a red traffic light…
• 闯关者chuǎng guān zhěperson who crashes through a barrier; gate-crasher
• 闯出名堂chuǎng chū míng tangto make a name for oneself
• 闯荡江湖chuǎng dàng jiāng húto travel around the country

Words containing 闯

• 走南闯北zǒu nán chuǎng běito travel extensively
• 擅闯shàn chuǎngto enter without permission; to trespass
• 私闯sī chuǎngto enter (a place) without permission; to intrude into

Characters that look like 闯

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

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闵Mǐnsurname Min
• 闰rùnintercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar…

Where 闯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Motion, Physical Action & Sport (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 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 chuǎng correctly.
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