Chinese word dictionary

奔窜

bēn cuàn · (of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter; to scatter; (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions

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Word information

Simplified奔窜

Traditional奔竄

Pinyinbēn cuàn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

奔bēn

to rush about; to run, to flee

窜cuàn

to run away; to expel; to revise, to edit

How to learn 奔窜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

奔跑bēnpǎo

to run

奔波bēnbō

to rush about; to be constantly on the move

奔驰bēnchí

Mercedes-Benz, German car maker; to run quickly; to speed; to gallop

奔赴bēnfù

to rush to; to hurry to

奔bèn

to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]; variant of 奔[ben4]

窜cuàn

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