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chèn

Main
English Definition	(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining; to contrast with; to assist financially
Simplified Script	衬
Traditional Script	襯
Pinyin	chèn
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄔㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	can³

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Words With Same Head Word
衬衫	chènshān	shirt; blouse
衬托	chèntuō	to set off
衬衣	chènyī	shirt
衬底	chèndǐ	substrate
衬里	chènlǐ	lining

Words With Same Tail Word
映衬	yìngchèn	to set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics)
陪衬	péichèn	to enhance by contrast; to set off; to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance; to serve as a prop; a foil
烘衬	hōngchèn	to set off; to highlight by contrast
轴衬	zhóuchèn	bushing
内衬	nèichèn	lining (of a container etc) (engineering)

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