Learn HSK courses HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon Practice Flashcards & reading Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks Reference Dictionary & hanzi Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes Play Games All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs Progress Stats & rankings Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn
HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon
Practice
Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks
Reference
Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes
Play
All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs
Progress
Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
串
chuàn
1. to string together
2. to mix up
3. to conspire
4. to rove
5. to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
6. to move across
7. bunch or cluster
8. string (computing)
9. classifier for rows or strings
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

串
chuàn
string; relatives; to conspire
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

一串
yīchuàn
strand
串供
chuàngòng
to collude to fabricate a story
串口
chuànkǒu
serial port (computing)
串味
chuànwèi
to become tainted with the smell of sth else
串岗
chuàngǎng
to leave one's post during working hours
串换
chuànhuàn
to exchange
串烧
chuànshāo
to cook on a skewer
串线
chuànxiàn
to get the lines crossed
串联
chuànlián
to establish ties or contact
串号
chuànhào
identification number
串行
chuànháng
to miss a line
串行
chuànxíng
series
串谋
chuànmóu
to conspire
串通
chuàntōng
to collude
串门
chuànmén
to call on sb
串音
chuànyīn
crosstalk
字串
zìchuàn
character string
客串
kèchuàn
amateur player in theater
成串
chéngchuàn
cluster
符串
fúchuàn
string (as in 'character string')

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,831
Word Frequency Rank
4,627 of 84,292

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Custom Decks Accounts & Social Contact

Editorial

Learning Resources Blog HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Plans

Plans

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.