Learn Chinese Characters

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

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

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.

onezhīonly老鼠lǎo shǔratcóngfrom墙角qiáng jiǎocorner (junction of two wa飞快fēi kuàivery fastde(adverb marker)cuànto fleele(completed action)出去chū qùto go out