Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
串
chuànI 动
1
(=连贯) string …together;
(pt, pp strung)
(pt, pp strung)
- 她把珍珠串了起来(來)。 Tā bǎ zhēnzhū chuànle qǐlái. She strung the pearls together.
2
(=勾结) conspire
3 (指信号) get mixed up
- 电(電)视(視)串台了。 Diànshì chuàntái le. The TV channels were all mixed up.
- 电(電)话(話)串线(線)了。 Diànhuà chuànxiàn le. There was a crossed line.
4 (=走动) drop by
- 他爱(愛)来(來)我家串门(門)。 Tā ài lái wǒ jiā chuànmén. He likes to drop by my place.
5
(=担任角色) act
II 量
bunch
- 两(兩)串钥(鑰)匙 liǎng chuàn yàoshi two bunches of keys
- 一串珍珠 yī chuàn zhēnzhū a string of pearls