Chinese symbol for “overhear”
串音
chuàn yīn
crosstalk; to overhear
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overhear is 串音 (chuàn yīn), defined as: crosstalk; to overhear.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 串音.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一连串 (一連串) | yī lián chuàn | a succession of; a series of |
| 串联 (串聯) | chuàn lián | to establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series |
| 串流 | chuàn liú | (Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming |
| 字符串 | zì fú chuàn | string (computing) |
| 串通 | chuàn tōng | to collude; to collaborate |
| 客串 | kè chuàn | to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overhear”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.