HSK 6 · Transport

穿越 chuānyuè “to pass through” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 穿越 means

  1. to pass through
  2. to cross
  3. to traverse

How to say 穿越

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale穿chuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale越yuè4th tone, falling

穿越 in a sentence

  1. 当你穿越交通繁忙的街道时要小心注意。

    Dāng nǐ chuānyuè jiāotōng fánmáng de jiēdào shí yào xiǎoxīn zhùyì.

    Be careful when you cross a busy road.

    Sentence #768245 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我去澳大利亚旅游的时候第一次穿越了赤道。

    Wǒ qù Àodàlìyà lǚyóu de shíhou dìyī cì chuānyuè le chìdào.

    I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.

    Sentence #336010 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 塞纳河穿越了巴黎。

    Sàinà Hé chuānyuè le Bālí.

    The Seine runs through Paris.

    Sentence #829690 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 穿越 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 穿 (chuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate
  • 穴cave · xuéSound part
  • 牙tooth · yáMeaning part

牙 hints at the meaning (tooth); 穴 (xué) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuān.

The character 越 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
越yuèto exceed
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 戉halberd · yuèSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 戉 (yuè) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

How to write 穿越

穿 9 strokes · 越 12 strokes

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

Words related to 穿越

Words with 穿

穿chuān · to wear

Words with 越

越yuè · even more越来越yuèláiyuè · more and more超越chāoyuè · to surpass优越yōuyuè · superior卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding

More words: Everyday Things

长途chángtú · long distance舱cāng · cabin (of a ship or plane)乘chéng · to ride船舶chuánbó · ships导航dǎoháng · navigation登陆dēnglù · to land颠簸diānbǒ · to jolt抵达dǐdá · to arrive

FAQs

穿越 (chuānyuè) means “to pass through” or “to cross”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuānyuè: chuān with a 1st tone, then yuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 穿越 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuanyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 穿越 from the suggestions. Typing chuanyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
穿越 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.