Chinese symbol for “scurry”
暂
zàn
Traditional: 蹔
to scurry; variant of 暂 (zàn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scurry is 暂 (zàn), defined as: to scurry; variant of 暂 (zàn).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scurry”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暂时 (暫時) | zàn shí | temporary; provisional; for the time being |
| 暂停 (暫停) | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 暂缓 (暫緩) | zàn huǎn | to postpone |
| 暂行 (暫行) | zàn xíng | provisional |
| 暂且 (暫且) | zàn qiě | for now; for the time being; temporarily |
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.