串 (cyun3 gwaan3 | chuan4 guan4) : string together, conspire; [粵] to spell

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串

cyun3 gwaan3

chuan4 guan4

[粵拼: cyun3][漢語: chuan4]
[1] [v] string together [2] [v] pass out and in irregularly or freely [3] [v] take part in play [4] [n] string (of coins, etc.) [5] [v] pour into [6] [v] conspire; league up to swindle [7] [粵] to spell (a word in Roman letters) (i.e., to string together a group of letters to form a word) | 漢: 拼寫

[粵拼: gwaan3][漢語: guan4]
same as 慣 [8] be familiar; habit; custom [9] familiar people; loved ones; people close to oneself

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 丨 (#2)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

串

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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串通 cyun3 tung1 = collude; to band together; to conspire against

串連 cyun3 lin4 = cascade

連串 lin4 cyun3 lian2 chuan4 = a series of

一連串 jat1 lin4 cyun3 yi1 lian2 chuan4 = series/string/chain of

一串紅 jat1 cyun3*1 hung4 = Salvia splendens (scarlet sage)

一串 jat1 cyun3 yi1 chuan4 = strand

串口 cyun3 hau2 chuan4 kou3 = serial ports

串口打印機 cyun3 hau2 daa2 jan3 gei1 chuan4 kou3 da3 yin4 ji1 = a serial printer

串聯 cyun3 lyun4 chuan4 lian2 = a series connection; to connect

串話 cyun3 waa6 chuan4 hua4 = crosstalk
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 19 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你公司嘅名點串呀？粵
How do you spell your company's name?

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Decimal representation of this word: 串
Unicode code for this character: U+4e32 (off-site link)

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