穿 (cyun1 | chuan1) : penetrate; pierce; pass through; wear

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穿

cyun1

chuan1

[1] [v] penetrate; pierce through
[2] [v] pass/go through; cross
[3] [v] wear; put on; be dressed in
[4] [prep] through (used after a verb)

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 穴 (#116)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

穿

This word has been viewed 12424 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2014 13:25

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穿越 cyun1 jyut6 chuan1 yue4 = pass through

穿窿 cyun1 lung4*1 chuan1 long2 = to sport a hole 粵

拆穿 caak3 cyun1 = expose; unmask

穿梭機 cyun1 so1 gei1 = shuttle; a space shuttle

睇穿 tai2 cyun1 = see through sth 粵

整穿 zing2 cyun1 = to puncture or to pierce through

穿衣 cyun1 ji1 chuan1 yi1 = to wear clothes 國

穿鞋 cyun1 haai4 chuan1 xie2 = to wear shoes 國

沒吃沒穿 mut6 hek3 mut6 cyun1 mei2 chi1 mei2 chuan1 = (idiom) to be without food and clothing; be very poor

吃穿 hek3 cyun1 chi1 chuan1 = food and clothing 國
See all 42 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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受人二分四畀人使穿鼻！粵
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.

佢嘅穿著好有品味。粵
(s)He has a good taste in clothes.
[Literally: His/Her (way of) wearing (clothes) really has taste [in other words: "is very tasteful"]. instead of "佢嘅穿著", you may also say "佢嘅衣著/佢著衫".]

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 穿
Unicode code for this character: U+7a7f (off-site link)

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