串串

chuànchuàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 skewers (of grilled or hotpot food)
  2. 2 mutt; mixed-breed dog or cat
  3. 3 string after string (of lanterns, grapes, etc.)

Examples

HSK 1
Jīnwǎn wǒmen qù chī chuànchuàn ba!
Let's go eat skewers tonight!
HSK 3
Wǒ jiā de gǒu shì zhī chuànchuàn, kěshì tèbié cōngming.
Our dog is a mutt, but it's really clever.
HSK 6
Guònián de shíhou, jiēshàng guàmǎn le yí chuànchuàn hóng dēnglong.
At New Year the streets are hung with strings and strings of red lanterns.

Tips

culture
串串 for skewers is Sichuan and Chongqing usage, short for 串串香: sticks of meat and vegetables cooked in a hotpot broth and paid for by counting the empty sticks. In the north, grilled skewers are 串儿, and going out for them is 撸串.
register
Calling a pet a 串串 is friendly slang. The neutral word is 混血, and a purebred is 纯种.

Stroke Order

串 chuàn