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窜
竄
cuàn
1. to flee
2. to scuttle
3. to exile or banish
4. to amend or edit
HSK 6 Common • Top 9%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

窜
cuàn
to run away; to expel; to revise, to edit
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (15)

乱窜
luàncuàn
to flee in disarray
流窜
liúcuàn
to flee in all directions
窜升
cuànshēng
to rise rapidly
窜扰
cuànrǎo
to invade and harass
窜改
cuàngǎi
to alter
窜犯
cuànfàn
to raid
窜红
cuànhóng
to become suddenly popular
窜踞
cuànjù
to flee in disorder and encamp somewhere
窜逃
cuàntáo
to flee in disorder
逃窜
táocuàn
to run away
点窜
diǎncuàn
to reword
鼠窜
shǔcuàn
to scamper off
流窜犯
liúcuànfàn
criminal that commits crimes here and there and escapes thereafter
抱头鼠窜
bàotóushǔcuàn
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
逃窜无踪
táocuànwúzōng
to disperse and flee, leaving no trace

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,460
Word Frequency Rank
7,854 of 84,292

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