穿 chuān — to wear; to put on
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Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #1701
chuān chuan1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。从牙，从穴。牙在穴中，表示穿通的意思。本义:穿通，穿破)
- pierce through e.g 穿墉 · 穿着鼻 · 穿穴 · 穿空 · 穿胸
- dig;excavate
- go through e.g 穿针 穿心 · 穿城
- thread;pass through;bore e.g 穿鼻 · 穿夜 · 穿望
- put on;wear
- reveal;expose
noun
- hole
- grave
adjective
- through
- worn-out
Related words
- 穿着 attire; to dress
- 贯穿 to run through; to pierce; to link; to connect
- 穿越 to cross; to traverse
- 穿梭 to shuttle back and forth
- 穿行 to pass through; to thread through
- 穿戴 to dress/clothing
- 穿插 to intersperse; to interweave; to insert
- 横穿 to cross/to traverse
- 揭穿 to expose; to unmask
- 吃穿 food and clothing; basic necessities
- 看穿 see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
- 穿山甲 pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)/scaly ant-eater
- 戳穿 to puncture; to lay bare; to expose (lies); to pierce through; to debunk; to exp
- 说穿 to lay bare; to reveal
- 穿孔 to punch a hole; to perforate
- 穿透力 penetrating power; the power to move or affect people deeply
- 穿刺 puncture/medical procedure of puncturing to extract bodily fluid
- 穿衣镜 full-length mirror
- 穿针引线 to act as a go-between; to pull strings to bring parties together
- 洞穿 to pierce through; to see through