HSK 6 · Verbs

窜 cuàn “to flee” in Chinese

Traditional 竄

What 窜 means

  1. to flee
  2. to scurry
  3. to run away
  4. to scuttle
  5. to exile or banish
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to amend or edit

How to say 窜

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale窜cuàn4th tone, falling

窜 in a sentence

  1. 小偷迅速地窜入了人群。

    Xiǎotōu xùnsù de cuànrù le rénqún.

    The thief quickly darted into the crowd.

    Sentence #332677 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 窜 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 窜 (cuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
窜cuànto flee
  • 穴cave · xué
  • 串string · chuàn

How to write 窜

窜 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 窜

More words: Common Verbs

处置chǔzhì · to deal with刺cì · thorn伺候cìhou · to serve凑合còuhe · to make do摧残cuīcán · to ruin搓cuō · to rub (between the hands)搭dā · to put up打包dǎbāo · to pack up

FAQs

窜 (cuàn) means “to flee” or “to scurry”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cuàn: cuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 窜 is written 竄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 窜 from the suggestions. Typing cuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
窜 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.