HSK 6 · Objects

串 chuàn “string” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 串 means

  1. string
  2. bunch
  3. cluster (measure word)
  4. to string together
  5. to skewer
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to connect wrongly
  • to gang up
  • to rove

How to say 串

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale串chuàn4th tone, falling

串 in a sentence

  1. 你们想吃几串烤羊肉？

    Nǐmen xiǎng chī jǐ chuàn kǎo yángròu?

    How many lamb skewers would you like?

    Sentence #419726 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我喜欢吃烤羊肉串。

    Wǒ xǐhuan chī kǎo yángròu chuàn.

    I like eating lamb skewers.

    Sentence #2109940 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他们在无重力状态下进行了一连串的实验。

    Tāmen zài wú zhònglì zhuàngtài xià jìnxíng le yìliánchuàn de shíyàn.

    They carried out a series of experiments in zero gravity.

    Sentence #779877 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 串 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 串 (chuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
串chuànto string together
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 串

串 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

串 (chuàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 串 (chuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 串

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FAQs

串 (chuàn) means “string” or “bunch”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuàn: chuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 串 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 串 from the suggestions. Typing chuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
串 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.