衬 (襯) chèn

1. chèn noun underwear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Clothing
   Notes: In the sense of 内衣 (Guoyu '襯' n 1; Kroll 2015 '襯' 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '襯', p. 42; Unihan '襯')
2. chèn noun lining
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Clothing
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '襯'; Guoyu '襯' n 2; Kroll 2015 '襯' 1a, p. 47; )
3. chèn verb to give alms
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 布施 (Guoyu '襯' v 2; Kroll 2015 '襯' 3, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '襯', p. 41)
4. chèn verb to contrast; to set off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 对照 (CC-CEDICT '襯'; Guoyu '襯' v 2; Kroll 2015 '襯' 2, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '襯', p. 42; XHZD '衬' 2, p. 83)
5. chèn adjective inner [garment]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 衬裙 petticoat (CC-CEDICT '襯'; Guoyu '襯' adj; Kroll 2015 '襯' 1a, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '襯', p. 42; XHZD '衬' 1, p. 83)
6. chèn verb to help
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '襯', p. 41)

Contained in

• 衬纸(襯紙) a flyleaf
• 衬袋(襯袋) a fob pocket
• 衬里(襯裡) lining
• 衬巾(襯巾) a handkerchief carried in inner garments
• 女衬衫(女襯衫) blouse
• 对衬(對襯) to serve as foil to one another
• 帮衬(幫襯) to help; to assist financially
• 铺衬(鋪襯) patch of cloth
• 陪衬(陪襯) to enhance by contrast; to set off; to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance; to serve as a prop ; a prop; a foil ; to bring into the foreground [in a drawing]
• 烘衬(烘襯) to set off; to highlight by contrast
• 相衬(相襯) to match
• 添衬(添襯) to apply color
• 衬垫(襯墊) pad
• 衬僧(襯僧) to give alms to a Buddhist monastic
• 衬衫(襯衫) shirt; blouse ; undershirt
• 衬托(襯托) to set off
• 斋衬(齋襯) to give alms; to donate
• 衬衣(襯衣) shirt; under garment
• 衬色(襯色) to add color
• 内衬(內襯) lining (of a container etc) (engineering)
• 衬施供具(襯施供具) to donate necesary items to priests
• 衬裙(襯裙) petticoat
• 衬线(襯線) serif (typography)
• 衬裤(襯褲) underpants

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映衬

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 26
• 卷四十三　志第二十四:　輿服上 天子車輅、皇后妃嬪車輦、皇太子車制、王公以下車制及鞍勒飾 輿服中 天子袞冕 視朝之服 皇后冠服 皇太子冠服 宗室及外戚並一品命婦 臣下朝服 祭服 公服 輿服下 衣服通制 Volume 43 Treatises 24: Carriages and Clothing 1 - Emperor's Carriages, Empress' and Consorts' Carriages; Crown Prince's Carriages; Princes, Dukes, and below Carriages and Saddlery; Carriages and Clothing 2 - Emperors' Robes and Crowns; Clothing for those Accompanying the Emperor; Empresses' Crown and Clothing; Crown Princes' Crown and Clothing; Dress for the Imperial Clan, Families of Imperial Consorts, and Titled Nobility; Court Dress for Officials; Ceremonial Clothing; Official Clothing; Carriages and Clothing 3 - Tailoring History of Jin 金史 — count: 5
• 第二十回 Chapter 20 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 4
• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 3
• 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
• 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
• 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2

Collocations

• 锦衬 (錦襯) 軍校增給錦襯袍 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 — count: 25
• 衬袍 (襯袍) 軍校增給錦襯袍 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 — count: 24
• 衬钱 (襯錢) 也只當些襯錢 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十八回 Chapter 48 — count: 6
• 衬裏 (襯裏) 初無襯裏 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 — count: 5
• 衬甲 (襯甲) 襯甲 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 — count: 4
• 云衬 (雲襯) 間繪五彩雲襯板八十一片 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 4
• 衬板 (襯板) 間繪五彩雲襯板八十一片 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 4
• 衬服 (襯服) 白綾襯服 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十二 志第七十五 禮二十五 Volume 122 Treatises 75: Rites 25 — count: 3
• 衬土 (襯土) 襯土而殯 — History of the Northern Dynasties 北史, 卷九十四　列傳第八十二:　高麗 百濟 新羅 勿吉 奚 契丹 室韋 豆莫婁 地豆干 烏洛侯 流求 倭 Volume 94 Biographies 82: Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Wuji, Xi, Khitan, Shiwei, Doumolou, Didouyu, Wuluohou, Liuqiu, Japan — count: 3
• 绢衬 (絹襯) 絹襯服 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十二 志第七十五 禮二十五 Volume 122 Treatises 75: Rites 25 — count: 3