📕 Advanced — HSK 5-6 vocabulary
Meaning
Classifier for things strung together on a string, skewer, or thread.
🏮 Cultural Story
中文 Chinese
"串"是最有画面感的量词之一！想想"一串葡萄"——一颗颗葡萄排成一条线，像珍珠项链一样。"一串钥匙"挂在腰间叮当作响。"一串羊肉串"在烧烤摊上冒着香气。"串"字本身就像两样东西用一根线穿起来的样子（中间是"口"方框，上下两竖像穿线的针）。在中国街头小吃文化中，"串"的地位无可取代——烤串、糖葫芦串、炸串，没有"串"就没有夜生活！
English
**串 (chuàn)** is one of the most visual classifiers! Picture "a bunch of grapes" — individual grapes lined up like pearls. "Keys on a ring" jingling at your waist. "Lamb skewers" sizzling at a BBQ stall. The character itself looks like things threaded on a line. In Chinese street food culture, 串 is irreplaceable — skewers, candied hawthorn, fried sticks. No 串 = no nightlife!
💡 Memory Tip
Things on a string/thread/skewer. Very visual — picture items threaded on a line.
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Classifier for things strung together on a string, skewer, or thread.