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穿

chuān

HSK 2 Character

What 穿 means

1. to bore through; to pierce; to perforate
2. to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)
3. to thread; to string together
4. to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.)
5. verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion

Example sentences

• 穿上。
  Put it on.
• 穿衣服。
  Get dressed.
• 穿衣服！
  Get dressed!
• 穿丝袜！
  Wear silk socks!
• 快点穿。
  Dress quickly.
• 我没穿裤子
  Wǒ méi chuān kùzi
  I'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.

• 川(bound form) river; creek; plain
• 氚(chemistry) tritium
• 瑏(jade)
• 巛old variant of 川