反串 fǎnchuàn to play a different role Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 反串 fǎnchuàn to play a different role (Chinese opera) to temporarily play a role other than one's usual specialty, such as a performer of female roles playing a male role to cross-dress To play a role of the opposite gender; to perform as a member of the opposite sex to masquerade To masquerade as an opponent; to go undercover Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.773 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
反串 fǎnchuàn to play a different role (Chinese opera) to temporarily play a role other than one's usual specialty, such as a performer of female roles playing a male role to cross-dress To play a role of the opposite gender; to perform as a member of the opposite sex to masquerade To masquerade as an opponent; to go undercover Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.773 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
