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反串

fǎnchuàn

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty

02

(modern) to play a transvestite role

03

to masquerade as an opponent

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 反串 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 反串 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

反串秀者的舞台魅力使观众不禁重新审视自己的刻板印象。fǎn chuàn xiù zhě de wǔ tái mèi lì shǐ guān zhòng bù jīn chóng xīn shěn shì zì jǐ de kè bǎn yìn xiàng。

The stage charisma of drag performers compels audiences to reconsider their own stereotypes.

小明决定挑战自己，成为一名专业的反串秀者。xiǎo míng jué dìng tiǎo zhàn zì jǐ， chéng wéi yī míng zhuān yè de fǎn chuàn xiù zhě。

No published English translation for this sentence.

反串秀者的服装设计充满创意，成为整场秀的亮点。fǎn chuàn xiù zhě de fú zhuāng shè jì chōng mǎn chuàng yì， chéng wéi zhěng chǎng xiù de liàng diǎn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 反串.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 反串.

Directly before

  • 这位反串2
  • 的反串1
  • 了反串1
  • 一名反串1
  • 在反串1

Directly after

  • 反串秀者10
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 反串

What does 反串 mean in Chinese?

反串 (fǎnchuàn) means (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty.

How do you pronounce 反串?

反串 is pronounced fǎnchuàn.

Is 反串 an HSK word?

反串 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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