闖 (cong2) — go around; rush about; temper oneself in Cantonese
congˊ²闖简 闯
Mandarin Pinyin: chuang3
Meaning of 闖
noungo around; rush about; temper oneself
nounincur; invite; cause (a disaster, etc)
noundash; rush; charge; break; burst
Example Sentences with 闖
keoiˏ₅佢hauˍ₆後saangˉ¹生siˎ₄時sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日congˊ²闖gongˉ¹江wu4.湖。
He often adventured when he was young.
ceotˉ¹出laiˎ₄嚟congˊ²闖gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖houˊ²好naan4.難。
It's hard to go out and make a living.
keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話soengˊ²想heoi˗₃去congˊ²闖gongˉ¹江wu4.湖。
He said he wants to go out and make his fortune.
zouˊ²早diˉ¹啲congˊ²闖gongˉ¹江wuˎ₄湖laa1!啦！
Go out and make your way in the world earlier!
sai˗₃細go˗₃個tengˉ¹聽gu˗₃故zaiˊ²仔gongˊ²講congˊ²闖gongˉ¹江wu4.湖。
When I was little, I heard stories about adventurers.
Words Containing 闖
闖禍cong2 wo6
to suffer disaster or an accident
闖進cong2 zeon3
burst in
闖蕩cong2 dong6
make a living away from home
擅闖sin6 cong2
trespass; enter without permission; break in without prior consent
闖將cong2 zoeng3
someone who is daring to venture forward; a daring general; a pathbreaker
闖關東cong2 gwaan1 dung1
literally: 'to brave the journey to Guandong', describes the rush of the Han Chinese population into Manchuria, especially from the Shandong Peninsula and Zhili, during the hundred-year period starting in the last half of the 19th century
闖入cong2 jap6
inrush, interlope
闖江湖cong2 gong1 wu4
make a living wandering from place to place
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