Meaning
flee; escape; run away; leap
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “cuan” becomes a different word in each tone. 窜 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 点窜diǎn cuànto reword; to edit a text
- 窜改cuàn gǎito alter; to modify; to change; to tamper
- 流窜liú cuànto roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run
- 窜红cuàn hóngto become suddenly popular; suddenly all the rage
- 乱窜luàn cuànto flee in disarray; to scatter
Example Sentence
一只老鼠从墙角飞快地窜了出去。Yì zhī lǎo shǔ cóng qiáng jiǎo fēi kuài de cuàn le chū qù.A mouse scurried out quickly from the corner.
一Yìone只zhīonly老鼠lǎo shǔrat从cóngfrom墙角qiáng jiǎocorner (junction of two wa飞快fēi kuàivery fast地de(adverb marker)窜cuànto flee了le(completed action)出去chū qùto go out。