串
chuàn
to string together
to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across
mouth (口) + mouth (口) + vertical stroke (丨) = things skewered in a line
Two openings pierced by a single vertical line evokes items threaded onto a skewer, one above the other. The image captures both the physical act of stringing things together and the resulting bunch or series.
她把珠子串成一条漂亮的项链。
tā bǎ zhū zi chuàn chéng yī tiáo piào liang de xiàng liàn。
She strung the beads into a pretty necklace.
他买了一串葡萄回家。
tā mǎi le yī chuàn pú tao huí jiā。
He bought a bunch of grapes and went home.
Words with 串
通用串行总线
tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
连串
lián chuàn
one after the other
钱串
qián chuàn
string of cash
钱串儿
qián chuàn r
erhua variant of 錢串|钱串[qian2 chuan4]
钱串子
qián chuàn zi
string of copper coins (in ancient China)
一连串
yī lián chuàn
a succession of
串口
chuàn kǒu
serial port (computing)
串供
chuàn gòng
to collude to fabricate a story
串串猫
chuàn chuàn māo
(coll.) mixed-breed cat; moggy
串串
chuàn chuàn
(coll.) skewers; barbecued food on sticks; (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1])
串串狗
chuàn chuàn gǒu
(coll.) mixed-breed dog; mutt
串串香
chuàn chuàn xiāng
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers