穿 (chuān): to wear, 穿透
穿 (chuān) is a Chinese character meaning “to wear, 穿透.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 穴 (phonetic) and 牙 (semantic). It ranks #785 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 穿 tooth. Its radical form 穴 (cave) appears in many related characters such as 空 (kōng, empty, sky), 突 (tū, sudden), 究 (jiū, research).
Definitions
- to wear, 穿透
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 穿
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿着noun | chuān zhuó | attire |
| 穿越verb | chuān yuè | to traverse |
| 穿梭verb | chuān suō | to shuttle back and forth |
| 看穿verb | kàn chuān | see through (a person, scheme, trick etc) |
| 穿透verb | chuān tòu | to penetrate |
| 揭穿verb | jiē chuān | to expose |
| 试穿verb | shì chuān | to try wearing clothes |
| 穿戴noun | chuān dài | to dress |
| 贯穿verb | guàn chuān | to run through |
| 横穿verb | héng chuān | to cross |
| 穿衣verb | chuān yī | to put on clothes |
| 穿行verb | chuān xíng | to go through |
| 穿孔verb | chuān kǒng | to punch a hole |
| 穿刺verb | chuān cì | (medicine) to puncture |
| 拆穿verb | chāi chuān | to expose |
穿 appears in 78 compound words: 47 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 穿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision; to act when it is too late
eagerly looking forward to meeting a dear one; expect to see someone who never comes
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision; to act when it is too late
eagerly looking forward to meeting a dear one; expect to see someone who never comes
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 穿.
Example Sentences
今天天气很冷，出门要多穿点衣服。
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn lěng, chūmén yào duō chuān diǎn yīfu.
It's very cold today; wear more clothes when going out.
穿戴震动棒晚上一直穿会坏吗?这些使用注意事...
chuān dài zhèn dòng bàng wǎn shàng yī zhí chuān huì huài ma ? zhè xiē shǐ yòng zhù yì shì . . .
Does wearing a vibrator all the time at night go bad? These use precautions...
日本一码二码三码的穿着建议?选对尺码穿出舒适感
rì běn yī mǎ èr mǎ sān mǎ de chuān zhe jiàn yì ? xuǎn duì chǐ mǎ chuān chū shū shì gǎn
What are the suggestions for wearing a size 1, 2, and 3 in Japan? Choose the right size to wear comfortably
仙气调酒喝下肚小心胃穿孔 警:最惨丧命
xiān qì diào jiǔ hē xià dù xiǎo xīn wèi chuān kǒng jǐng : zuì cǎn sāng mìng
Fairy cocktail drink, be careful of stomach perforation Police: The most tragic death
...休闲服 9m88柯炜林演绎科技布料的日常穿搭
. . . xiū xián fú 9 m 8 8 柯 炜 lín yǎn yì kē jì bù liào de rì cháng chuān dā
... Casual wear 9m88 Ke Weilin interprets the daily wear of technological fabrics
盘核桃、叠衣服、穿烤肠,银河通用春晚机器人是怎么“..
pán hé táo dié yī fú chuān kǎo cháng , yín hé tōng yòng chūn wǎn jī qì rén shì zěn má . .
Cracking walnuts, folding clothes, threading sausages—how does the Galaxy Universal Spring Festival Gala robot manage to...
那个穿棕色大衣的女人是谁？
Nèige chuān zōngsè dàyī de nǚrén shì shéi?
Who's the woman in the brown coat?
参加派对的话，你会穿哪一件衣服？
Cānjiā pàiduì dehuà, nǐ huì chuān nǎ yī jiàn yīfu?
When considering the party, what kind of clothes are you going to wear?
你要穿那种衣服出门？不太好看耶。
Nǐ yào chuān nà zhǒng yīfu chūmén? Bù tài hǎo kàn yē.
Going out with those clothes? They look kinda bad.
我可以试穿这件外套吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ shìchuān zhè jiàn wàitào ma?
Can I try on this jacket?
Character Family
穴 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cave radical
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