穿梭

chuānsuō
verb #9,151

Meanings

  1. 1 to shuttle back and forth
  2. 2 to weave through; to dart between

Characters

Thread through + shuttle — like a weaving shuttle darting back and forth through fabric.

Examples

Chūzūchē zài jiēdào jiān chuānsuō.
Taxis shuttle back and forth between the streets.
Tā chuānsuō yú liǎng zuò chéngshì zhījiān.
He shuttles between two cities.
Yúr zài shānhú zhōng chuānsuō.
Fish dart among the coral.

Tips

usage
穿梭 emphasizes rapid, repeated back-and-forth movement. Common in: 穿梭巴士 (shuttle bus), 时空穿梭 (time travel through space-time).

Stroke Order

穿 chuān
suō