Chinese Word: 蹿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蹿 (Trad.: 躥)

Pinyin: cuān

English Definition: to leap up; (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out

Chinese Definition:
①向上跳：蹿跳。蹿腾。蹿房越脊。
②喷射：蹿火(冒火)。蹿血。

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 足

Pictophonetic:窜 indicates the sound; 足 (foot) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 足 [ zú ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 窜 [ cuàn ] to run away; to expel; to revise, to edit

Similar Characters: 镩

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蹿升	cuān shēng	to rise rapidly; to shoot up
蹿跳	cuān tiào	to bound forward; to bound along
蹿上跳下	cuān shàng tiào xià	to bounce up and down (idiom)
蹿房越脊	cuān fáng yuè jǐ	lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 侠客 in fiction)
蹿货	cuān huò	product in great demand; hot property

1		wǒ 我 bí zi 鼻子 cuān 蹿 xuè 血 le 了。 Blood spurted from my nose.
2		māo 猫 cuān 蹿 dào 到 shù shàng 树上 qù 去 le 了。 The cat leapt up into the tree.
3		tā 他 wǎng 往 shàng 上 yī 一 cuān 蹿， bǎ 把 qiú 球 jiē zhù 接住。 He leapt up and caught the ball.
4		dāng 当 kǎi lún 凯伦 huí xiǎng 回想 qǐ 起 shí 时， yì zhǒng 一种 bīng lěng 冰冷 cì tòng 刺痛 de 的 kǒng jù 恐惧 cuān 蹿 shàng 上 tā 她 quán shēn 全身。 A cold tingle of fear ran through Karen as she took it all in.
5		shàng 上 yí cì 一次 zhèng fǔ 政府 diào 调 jǐn jí 紧急 duì 对 jià 价 zuò chū 做出 tiáo zhěng 调整 shì 是 zài 在 péng zhàng 膨胀 měng 猛 cuān 蹿 de 的 2008年。 The last time Beijing resorted to price controls was when inflation spiked in 2008.

1		wǒ 我 bí zi 鼻子 cuān 蹿 xuè 血 le 了。 Blood spurted from my nose.
2		māo 猫 cuān 蹿 dào 到 shù shàng 树上 qù 去 le 了。 The cat leapt up into the tree.
3		tā 他 wǎng 往 shàng 上 yī 一 cuān 蹿， bǎ 把 qiú 球 jiē zhù 接住。 He leapt up and caught the ball.
4		dāng 当 kǎi lún 凯伦 huí xiǎng 回想 qǐ 起 shí 时， yì zhǒng 一种 bīng lěng 冰冷 cì tòng 刺痛 de 的 kǒng jù 恐惧 cuān 蹿 shàng 上 tā 她 quán shēn 全身。 A cold tingle of fear ran through Karen as she took it all in.
5		shàng 上 yí cì 一次 zhèng fǔ 政府 diào 调 jǐn jí 紧急 duì 对 jià 价 zuò chū 做出 tiáo zhěng 调整 shì 是 zài 在 péng zhàng 膨胀 měng 猛 cuān 蹿 de 的 2008年。 The last time Beijing resorted to price controls was when inflation spiked in 2008.