闯 (chuǎng): to rush
闯 (chuǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to rush.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (structural) and 马 (structural). It ranks #2089 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 闯 a horse 马 charging through a gate 门. Its radical form 门 (gate) appears in many related characters such as 门 (mén, door, gate), 间 (jiān, room, between), 闪 (shǎn, to flash, to dodge).
Definitions
- to rush
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA horse 马 charging through a gate 门
Decomposition: ⿵门马 (layout: surround-from-top)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闯进 | chuǎng jìn | to burst in |
| 闯入verb | chuǎng rù | to intrude |
| 闯祸verb | chuǎng huò | to cause an accident |
| 闯荡verb | chuǎng dàng | to leave home to make one's way in the world |
| 走南闯北phrase | zǒu nán chuǎng běi | to travel extensively |
| 闯关者 | chuǎng guān zhě | person who crashes through a barrier |
| 闯出名堂 | chuǎng chū míng tang | to make a name for oneself |
| 闯空门 | chuǎng kōng mén | to break into a home when no one is there (to steal) |
| 闯过 | chuǎng guò | to crash one's way through |
| 闯关verb | chuǎng guān | to crash through a barrier |
| 闯王 | chuǎng wáng | Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645) |
| 闯红灯verb | chuǎng hóng dēng | to run a red light |
| 闯卡 | chuǎng kǎ | to force one's way through a checkpoint (without authorization or stopping) |
| 闯荡江湖 | chuǎng dàng jiāng hú | to travel around the country |
| 私闯verb | sī chuǎng | to enter (a place) without permission |
闯 appears in 17 compound words: 82 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 闯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他独自一人闯荡江湖，历经磨难。
Tā dúzì yì rén chuǎngdàng jiānghú, lìjīng mónàn.
He ventured into the world alone, experiencing many hardships.
陌生人闯入金毛会点反应?实测结果超意外 全网暖男...
mò shēng rén chuǎng rù jīn máo huì diǎn fǎn yīng ? shí cè jié guǒ chāo yì wài quán wǎng nuǎn nán . . .
How do strangers react when they break into a golden retriever? The measured results are super surprising, and the whole network warms men...
擅闯特朗普住所海湖庄园警戒线男子被击毙 白宫...
shàn chuǎng tè lǎng pǔ zhù suǒ hǎi hú zhuāng yuán jǐng jiè xiàn nán zǐ bèi jī bì bái gōng . . .
Man shot dead after breaching security perimeter at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate; White House...
以为黄金!贼闯宅偷宝盒 他:是我肾结石
yǐ wéi huáng jīn ! zéi chuǎng zhái tōu bǎo hé tā shì wǒ shèn jié shí
Thought it was gold! Burglar breaks into house to steal treasure box. He: "It's my kidney stones."
快讯/闯入川普海湖庄园遭击毙 21岁嫌身分曝光!...
kuài xùn chuǎng rù chuān pǔ hǎi hú zhuāng yuán zāo jī bì suì xián shēn fēn pù guāng ! . . .
Breaking News: 21-Year-Old Suspect Shot Dead After Breaking Into Trump's Mar-a-Lago Estate... Identity Revealed!
一男子试图闯入海湖庄园被击毙
yī nán zǐ shì tú chuǎng rù hǎi hú zhuāng yuán bèi jī bì
Man shot trying to break into Haywood Estates
天使畏惧处, 愚人敢闯入。
Tiānshǐ wèijù chǔ, yúrén gǎn chuǎngrù.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
一个窃贼闯进了他的房子。
Yī gè qièzéi chuǎngjìn le tā de fángzi.
A burglar broke into his house.
他们闯进了珠宝店。
Tāmen chuǎngjìn le zhūbǎo diàn.
They broke into the jewelry shop.
昨天强盗闯进了店里。
Zuótiān qiángdào chuǎngjìn le diàn lǐ.
A burglar broke into the shop yesterday.
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