IDENTITY
穿chuānto wear; to pass through
HSK 1Top 440
CORE MEANING
to wear; to pass through
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to wearHSK1
- 2.to pass throughHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 穴cave radical (xué)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱穴牙
- hole; to thread through
- gives the sound chuān (historical)
USAGE
Common words
穿衣服chuān yīfuto get dressed
穿上chuānshangto put on
Graded examples
外面冷，多穿点衣服。Wàimiàn lěng, duō chuān diǎn yīfu.HSK2
It is cold outside; wear more clothes.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Threading teeth (牙) through a hole (穴) — putting on, passing through.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #440
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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