穿 chuān

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. chuān verb to push forward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '穿' 2, p. 59)
  5. chuān adjective worn out
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '穿' adj; Kroll 2015 '穿' 3, p. 59)
  6. 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)
  7. chuān noun a pit for a grave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '穿' 5, p. 59)
  8. chuān verb to dig
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 挖掘 (Guoyu '穿' v 1)

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  • 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