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穿
chuān
穿 (chuān) means "to wear". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 穿 means
- to bore through; to pierce; to perforate
- to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)
- to thread; to string together
- to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.)
- verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
Example sentences
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穿上。Put it on.
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穿衣服。Get dressed.
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穿衣服！Get dressed!
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穿丝袜！Wear silk socks!
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快点穿。Dress quickly.
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我没穿裤子Wǒ méi chuān kùziI'm not wearing pants.
Words starting with 穿
- 穿着chuān zhuóattire; clothes; dress
- 穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross
- 穿过chuān guòto pass through
- 穿上chuān shangto put on (clothes etc)
- 穿梭chuān suōto shuttle back and forth
- 穿行chuān xíngto go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through
- 穿戴chuān dàito dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel
- 穿衣chuān yīto put on clothes; to get dressed
- 穿插chuān chāto insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave
- 穿透chuān tòuto penetrate
- 穿刺chuān cì(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
- 穿孔chuān kǒngto punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation
- 穿破chuān pòto wear out (clothes); to pierce (a membrane etc)
- 穿反chuān fǎnto wear inside out (clothes)
- 穿回chuān huíto put on (clothes); to put (clothes) back on
- 穿帮chuān bāng(TV or movie) blooper; continuity error; (theater) to flub one's lines
- 穿针chuān zhēnto thread a needle
- 穿堂风chuān táng fēngdraft
- 穿越剧chuān yuè jùtime-travel drama
- 穿越机chuān yuè jīFPV drone; drone piloted through a live video feed
- 穿着讲究chuān zhuó jiǎng jiusmart clothes; particular about one's dress
- 穿越时空chuān yuè shí kōngto travel through time
- 穿针引线chuān zhēn yǐn xiànlit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
- 穿针走线chuān zhēn zǒu xiànto thread a needle
Words containing 穿
- 身穿shēn chuānto wear (a garment)
- 贯穿guàn chuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
- 揭穿jiē chuānto expose; to uncover
- 横穿héng chuānto cross; to traverse
- 试穿shì chuānto try wearing clothes; fitting trial
- 吃穿chī chuānfood and clothing
- 戳穿chuō chuānto puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
- 拆穿chāi chuānto expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)
- 望眼欲穿wàng yǎn yù chuānto anxiously await
- 实穿shí chuān(of an item of clothing) practical
- 点穿diǎn chuānto lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word
- 天穿日tiān chuān rìa Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
- 眼成穿yǎn chéng chuānto watch in anticipation (idiom)
- 引线穿针yǐn xiàn chuān zhēnto thread a needle; (fig.) to act as a go-between
- 户限为穿hù xiàn wéi chuānto have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
- 时空穿越shí kōng chuān yuètime travel
- 没吃没穿méi chī méi chuānto be without food or clothing (idiom); to be very poor
- 耐穿nài chuāndurable; proof against wear and tear
- 扎穿zhā chuānto prick; to puncture
- 刺穿cì chuānto skewer; to impale; to pierce through
- 洞穿dòng chuānto penetrate; to pierce; to see clearly
- 羊穿yáng chuānamniocentesis (abbr. for 羊膜穿刺
- 羊水穿刺yáng shuǐ chuān cìamniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
- 羊膜穿刺yáng mó chuān cìamniocentesis
Characters that look like 穿
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 宾bīnvisitor; guest; object (in grammar)
- 宴yàn(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
- 宵xiāonight
- 挛luán(bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm
- 宸chénimperial apartments
- 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious
Sounds the same
Read chuān, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 穿 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 15 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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