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穿
chuān
Main
English Definitionto wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
Simplified Script穿
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinchuān
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)cyun1
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
穿梭chuānsuōto travel back and forth; to shuttle
穿越chuānyuèto pass through; to traverse; to cross
穿上chuānshangto put on (clothes etc)
穿过chuānguòto pass through
穿衣chuānyīto wear clothes; clothing
Words With Same Tail Word    
贯穿guànchuānto run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
看穿kànchuānsee through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
揭穿jiēchuānto expose; to uncover
横穿héngchuānto cross; to traverse
说穿shuōchuānto put it bluntly; to reveal; to disclose
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