Meaning
pierce; to string
Chinese: 贯穿、贯通;也表示连贯、原籍。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “guan” becomes a different word in each tone. 贯 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
- 一贯yī guànconsistent; constant; from start to finish; all along
- 贯彻guàn chèto implement; to put into practice; to carry out
- 籍贯jí guànone's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
- 贯穿guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
- 贯通guàn tōngto link up; to thread together
Example Sentence
这条新修的公路贯穿了整座城市。Zhè tiáo xīn xiū de gōng lù guàn chuān le zhěng zuò chéng shì.This newly built highway runs through the whole city.
这Zhèthis条tiáostrip新修xīn xiūrevise的deof公路gōng lùhighway贯穿guàn chuānto run through了le(completed action)整zhěng(bound form) in good order座zuòseat城市chéng shìcity。