Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced chuan
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced chuan, including 传 chuán / zhuàn, 船 chuán, 穿 chuān, 川 chuān, 串 chuàn. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For chuan, curl the tongue back on ch and join it smoothly to uan; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial ch
Like zh, but with a clear puff of air.
Final uan
Settle the final uan into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (传 chuán / zhuàn, 船 chuán, 穿 chuān, 川 chuān, 串 chuàn) and lock in their tones. 6 common characters share the sound chuan, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
chuan turns up here with 4 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 穿, 川 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 传, 船 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 喘 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 串 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing chuan inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
6 common characters in this group.