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Usage of the character 贯

guàn
[貫]
  • to pierce through
  • to pass through
  • to be stringed together
  • string of 1000 cash
zòngguàn
纵贯
[縱貫]
  • lit. warp string in weaving
  • fig. vertical or north-south lines
  • to pass through
  • to cross lengthwise
  • to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
guànlián
贯连
[貫連]
  • to link up
  • to join together
  • to connect
guànchè
贯彻
[貫徹]
  • to implement
  • to put into practice
  • to carry out
jíguàn
籍贯
[籍貫]
  • one's native place
  • place of ancestry
  • registered birthplace
guàntōng
贯通
[貫通]
  • to link up
  • to thread together
liánguàn
联贯
[聯貫]
  • variant of 連貫/连贯 (liánguàn)
tiáoguàn
条贯
[條貫]
  • (literary) systematic arrangement
  • coherent presentation
yīguàn
一贯
[一貫]
  • consistent
  • constant
  • from start to finish
  • all along
  • persistent
guànchuàn
贯串
[貫串]
  • to pierce through
  • to string together
yúguàn
鱼贯
[魚貫]
  • one after the other
  • in single file
héngguàn
横贯
[橫貫]
  • horizontal traverse
  • to cut across
  • to cross transversally
liánguàn
连贯
[連貫]
  • to link up (disparate elements)
  • coherent (narrative, argument etc)
mǎnguàn
满贯
[滿貫]
  • to win every trick in a card game
  • grand slam
  • fig. total success
jiùguàn
旧贯
[舊貫]
  • old system
  • former rules
guànshí
贯时
[貫時]
  • diachronic
guànqì
贯气
[貫氣]
  • (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves
  • to confer a beneficial influence
guànchuān
贯穿
[貫穿]
  • to run through
  • a connecting thread from beginning to end
  • to link
wànguàn
万贯
[萬貫]
  • ten thousand strings of cash
  • very wealthy
  • millionaire
xiāngguàn
乡贯
[鄉貫]
  • one's native place
  • place of ancestry
  • registered birthplace
guànzhù
贯注
[貫注]
  • to concentrate on; to give full attention to
Luó Guànzhōng
罗贯中
[羅貫中]
  • Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works
dàmǎnguàn
大满贯
[大滿貫]
  • grand slam
yúguàn'érrù
鱼贯而入
[魚貫而入]
  • to walk in in a line
wànguànjiācái
万贯家财
[萬貫家財]
  • vast wealth
yúguàn'érchū
鱼贯而出
[魚貫而出]
  • to file out; to walk out in a line
qìguànchánghóng
气贯长虹
[氣貫長虹]
  • spirit reaches to the rainbow
  • full of noble aspiration and daring
èguànmǎnyíng
恶贯满盈
[惡貫滿盈]
  • lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil
  • replete with vice
  • guilty of monstrous crimes
guànchèshǐzhōng
贯彻始终
[貫徹始終]
  • to follow through; to carry through to the end
rúléiguàn'ěr
如雷贯耳
[如雷貫耳]
  • lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  • a well-known reputation (idiom)
rónghuìguàntōng
融会贯通
[融會貫通]
  • to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
jiāzīwànguàn
家赀万贯
[家貲萬貫]
  • immensely rich
yāochánwànguàn
腰缠万贯
[腰纏萬貫]
  • lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  • extremely wealthy
  • loaded
quánshénguànzhù
全神贯注
[全神貫注]
  • to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  • with rapt attention
júbùliánguànxìng
局部连贯性
[局部連貫性]
  • local coherence