"Skewer" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 串 |  chuàn | to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across |   |
| 刺穿 | cì chuān | to skewer / to impale / to pierce through | |
| 扦 | qiān | short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) | |
| 丳 | chǎn | skewer | |
| 串烧 | chuàn shāo | to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley | |
| 糖葫芦 | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu | |
| 竹签 | zhú qiān | bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling | |
| 冰糖葫芦 | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer / tanghulu | |
