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Hanzi

竄 / 窜

Traditional
竄
Simplified
窜

to flee/to scuttle/to exile or banish/to amend or edit

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

cuàn, cuān

Bopomofo

ㄘㄨㄢˋ, ㄘㄨㄢ

Jyutping

cyun2

Example sentences

逃竄 / 逃窜 táocuàn
警察趕到現場時，小偷正四處逃竄。
警察赶到现场时，小偷正四处逃窜。

When the police arrived at the scene, the thief was scurrying away in all directions.

丟盔棄甲 / 丢盔弃甲 diūkuīqìjiǎ
敵軍被打得丟盔棄甲，狼狽逃竄。
敌军被打得丢盔弃甲，狼狈逃窜。

The enemy army was beaten into a rout and fled in panic.

竄 / 窜 cuàn
那隻老鼠竄進了草叢裡。
那只老鼠窜进了草丛里。

That mouse scurried into the bushes.

Example Vocabulary

逃竄

tao2'cuan4

to flee in disorder; to scurry away

亂竄

流竄

liu2'cuan4

竄

cuan4

to flee; to scurry; to escape

竄紅

cuan4'hong2

流竄犯

竄改

cuan4'gai3

竄逃

cuan4'tao2

鼠竄

shu3'cuan4

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