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衬

chèn

HSK 3 Character Traditional 襯

What 衬 means

1. (of garments) against the skin
2. to line
3. lining
4. to contrast with
5. to assist financially

Example sentences

• 黑色很衬你。
  Black suits you.
• 她熨了衬衫。
  She ironed her shirt.
• 请把衬衫脱了。
  Please take off your shirt.
• 这是谁的衬衫。
  Whose shirt is this?
• 这衬衫要十元。
  This shirt costs ten dollars.
• 这衬衫需要熨。
  This shirt needs to be ironed.

Words starting with 衬

• 衬衫chèn shānshirt; blouse
• 衬衣chèn yīshirt
• 衬托chèn tuōto serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
• 衬垫chèn diànpad
• 衬线chèn xiànserif (typography)
• 衬裙chèn qúnpetticoat
• 衬里chèn lǐlining
• 衬裤chèn kùunderpants
• 衬页chèn yèendpaper

Words containing 衬

• 映衬yìng chènto set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics)
• 陪衬péi chènto serve as a foil; to set off; a foil; a contrast
• 反衬fǎn chènto serve as a foil; to highlight through contrast
• 帮衬bāng chènto help; to assist financially
• 内衬nèi chènlining (of a container etc) (engineering)
• 对衬duì chènto serve as foil to one another
• 烘衬hōng chènto set off; to highlight by contrast
• 环衬huán chènendpaper
• 相衬xiāng chènto contrast; to set off one another; to go well with
• 铺衬pū chènto serve as a contrasting element
• 无衬线wú chèn xiàn(typography) sans serif
• 女衬衫nǚ chèn shānblouse
• 托衬tuō chènsee 衬托

Characters that look like 衬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 衫shāngarment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Sounds the same

Read chèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 趁to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
• 称to fit; to match; to suit; (colloquial) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. chèng
• 谶(literary) prophecy; omen
• 疢(disease)
• 儭to assist; to give alms
• 榇Sterculia plantanifolia; coffin
• 龀to replace the milk teeth
• 爯old variant of 称