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HSK
7-9

to wind around

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chan2 chán

Meaning


Primary

to wind around

Alternatives

wind around, winds around, wound around, to wind, wind, winding, to wrap around, wrap around, wrap, coil, tangle, tangled

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop with a second-hand 广 shack on the store floor that he just bought as a present for Snoopy. To wrap it up he also bought a 里 Chinese mile of second-hand 纟 silk and 缠 winds around the 广 shack with it. Soon the 广 shack is wrapped with 纟 silk that 缠 winds around it.

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