穿 chuān
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chuān
verb
to dress; to wear
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The subject of this verb is usually a person and the single object the item of clothing worn. For example, 她穿着件粉红的卫生衣 'She was wearing a pink sweatshirt ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 306; CC-CEDICT '穿'; Guoyu '穿' v 3; Kroll 2015 '穿' 6, p. 59; XHZD '穿' 4, p. 100) -
chuān
verb
to penetrate; to pass through
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '穿'; Kroll 2015 '穿' 1, p. 59; XHZD '穿' 1, p. 100) -
chuān
adverb
penetratingly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: After a verb; for example, 说穿 state in a penetrating way (Guoyu '穿' adv; XHZD '穿' 2, p. 100) -
chuān
verb
to push forward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '穿' 2, p. 59) -
chuān
adjective
worn out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '穿' adj; Kroll 2015 '穿' 3, p. 59) -
chuān
verb
to thread together
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 贯通 (CC-CEDICT '穿'; Guoyu '穿' v 2; Kroll 2015 '穿' 4, p. 59) -
chuān
noun
a pit for a grave
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '穿' 5, p. 59) -
chuān
verb
to dig
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 挖掘 (Guoyu '穿' v 1)
Contained in
- 天穿日 a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
- 时空穿越(時空穿越) time travel
- 滴水石穿 dripping water penetrates the stone; constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
- 穿反 to wear inside out
- 揭穿 to expose; to uncover
- 穿回 to put on (clothes); to put (clothes) back on
- 穿针引线(穿針引線) to thread a needle; to act as a go-between
- 羊水穿刺 amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
- 穿凿(穿鑿) to bore a hole/to give a forced interpretation
- 穿马路(穿馬路) to cross (a street)
- 刺穿 to skewer; to impale; to pierce through
- 万箭穿心(萬箭穿心) to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows; overcome with sorrow; to lambaste
- 穿孔 to punch a hole; to perforate
- 户限为穿(戶限為穿) an endless stream of visitors
- 穿过(穿過) to pass through
- 穿孝 to wear mourning clothes
- 穿凿附会(穿鑿附會) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
- 说穿(說穿) to state in a penetrating way
- 见穿(見穿) to be able to withstand wear
- 水滴石穿 dripping water penetrates the stone; constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
- 没吃没穿(沒吃沒穿) to be without food and clothing; poor
- 穿小鞋 to make somebody wear tight shoes; to make life difficult for sb
- 穿透 to penetrate
- 戳穿试验(戳穿試驗) puncture test
- 穿衣 to wear clothes; clothing
- 穿金戴银(穿金戴銀) richly bedecked; dripping with gold and silver
- 穿插 to insert; to interject
- 扎穿 to prick; to puncture
- 穿行 to go through; to bore through; to push one's way through
- 穿章 to dress; to wear
- 冻穿(凍穿) frostbite; chilblain
- 穿着讲究(穿著講究) smart clothes; particular about one's dress
- 拆穿 to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)
- 戳穿 to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
- 穿着打扮(穿著打扮) style of dress; one's appearance
- 穿梭 to travel back and forth; to shuttle
- 一眼看穿 to see through something at first glance
- 穿越 to pass through; to cross; to overcome
- 贯穿今古(貫穿今古) connection between the present and past
- 贯穿(貫穿) to run through; to link ; to master a subject thoroughly
- 穿靴猕猴(穿靴獼猴) booted macaque
- 穿堂风(穿堂風) draft
- 穿着(穿著) to wear ; attire; clothes; dress
- 穿山甲 pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
- 穿搭 to wear selected items of clothing in combination to achieve a particular look; fashion styling
- 乱穿马路(亂穿馬路) to jaywalk
- 穿戴 to dress
- 马尾穿豆腐,提不起来(馬尾穿豆腐,提不起來) like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; let's not talk of this (pun on 提)
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- 卷二十九 溝洫志 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals Book of Han 漢書 — count: 20
- 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
- 卷上:一之源、二之具、三之造 First Scroll: 1. Origin, 2. Tools, 3. Making The Classic of Tea 茶經 — count: 11
- 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 9
- 《盡心章句下》 Commentary on Jin Xin II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 9
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
Collocations
- 赵穿 (趙穿) 趙穿追之不及 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 27
- 穿渠 (穿渠) 引渭穿渠起長安 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 14
- 穿井 (穿井) 是譬猶噎而穿井也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 公孟 Book 12 - Gong Meng — count: 12
- 穿窬 (穿窬) 其猶穿窬之盜也與 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 9
- 穿弑 (穿弒) 穿弒也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 7
- 韩穿 (韓穿) 韓穿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 7
- 子穿 (子穿) 邾子穿卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
- 穿来 (穿來) 晉侯使韓穿來言汶陽之田 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 穿漕 (穿漕) 悉發卒數萬人穿漕渠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 4
- 穿地 (穿地) 其穿地也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 4