串

HSK 6

chuàn

classifier for threading; skewer; series

Alternative translations

enchaîner
aller çà et là
errer
se liguer

Explanation

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

Examples

他把珠子串起来。

tā bǎ zhūzi chuàn lái

He strung the beads together

我们把这些文件串在一起。

wǒmen jǐ kǒu jiàn lèi wénjiàn chuàn zài yì qǐ

We strung these files together