攒 (cuán): to bring together, to collect, to hoard
攒 (cuán) is a Chinese character meaning “to bring together.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 赞 (phonetic). It ranks #2934 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 攒 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to bring together
- to collect
- to hoard
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积攒verb | jī zǎn | to save bit by bit |
| 万头攒动 | wàn tóu cuán dòng | (idiom) bustling with many people |
| 众星攒月 | zhòng xīng cuán yuè | see 眾星捧月|众星捧月 |
| 攒集verb | cuán jí | to gather |
| 攒钱verb | zǎn qián | to save up money |
| 攒聚verb | cuán jù | to gather |
| 攒劲verb | zǎn jìn | (dialect) to muster strength |
| 拼攒 | pīn cuán | to assemble |
| 攒簇 | cuán cù | to gather closely together |
攒 appears in 9 compound words: 56 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 22 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 攒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他攒了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā cuán le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
陈斌 摄 9时许,崇木凼村花瑶古寨牌楼前人头攒动,热闹非凡。
chén 斌 shè 9 shí xǔ , chóng mù 凼 cūn huā Yáo gǔ zhài pái lóu qián rén tóu cuán dòng , rè nào fēi fán .
Photo by Chen Bin. Around 9:00 a.m., a large crowd gathered in front of the archway at the ancient Hayao village of Chongmudang, creating a lively atmosphere.
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dǒu yīn zhī fù shàng xiàn chán māo wài mài cuán qián xiǎo yóu xì dǒu yīn jìn qī shàng xiàn chán māo wài mài xiǎo yóu xì .
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因喜欢读书,王计兵用攒下的钱,从打折书店买来二手书和影视剧光碟,在村口摆起了旧书摊。
yīn xǐ huān dòu shū , wáng jì bīng yòng cuán xià de qián , cóng dǎ zhé shū diàn mǎi lái èr shǒu shū hé yǐng shì jù guāng dié , zài cūn kǒu bǎi qǐ le jiù shū tān .
Because he loved reading, Wang Jibing used the money he had saved to buy used books and DVDs of movies and TV shows from a discount bookstore, and set up a used book stall at the entrance to the village.
一个会话跑二三十轮,缓存命中攒下来的折扣是天文数字。
yī gè huì huà pǎo èr sān shí lún , huǎn cún mìng zhōng cuán xià lái de zhé kòu shì tiān wén shǔ zì .
A single session runs through twenty or thirty rounds, and the savings accumulated from cache hits are astronomical.
战争爆发,他被迫卷入,从只想攒钱回家的普通人,变成战火中一群孤儿的守护者。
zhàn zhēng bào fā , tā bèi pò juǎn rù , cóng zhī xiǎng cuán qián huí jiā de pǔ tōng rén , biàn chéng zhàn huǒ zhōng yī qún gū ér de shǒu hù zhě .
When war broke out, he was forced into it, transforming from an ordinary man who had only wanted to save money to go home into the guardian of a group of orphans caught in the midst of the conflict.
你应该经常为了雨天攒钱。
Nǐ yīnggāi jīngcháng wèile yǔtiān cuán qián.
You should always save money for a rainy day.
他在上个景气时期炒股攒下了一笔钱。
Tā zài shàngge jǐngqì shíqī chǎogǔ cuán xià le yī bǐ qián.
He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.
我工作是为了攒大学学费。
Wǒ gōngzuò shì wèile cuán dàxué xuéfèi.
I am working to save for my college tuition.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
Zhēng qián róngyì cuán qián nán.
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced cuán
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