穿
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to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street); to thread; to string together; to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.); verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 穴 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 穿
- Common rank
- #1,047
- Unicode
- U+7A7F
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Formation & memory
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Words with 穿
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尾穿豆腐，提不起来 | lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; fig. let's not talk of this (pun on… | |
| 天穿日 | a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month | |
| 眼成穿 | to watch in anticipation (idiom) | |
| 一眼看穿 | to see through something at first glance (idiom) | |
| 穿山甲 | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater | |
| 穿一条裤子 | (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together; to be like family; to shar… | |
| 时空穿越 | time travel | |
| 穿越时空 | to travel through time | |
| 穿针走线 | to thread a needle | |
| 穿行 | to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through | |
| 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 穿堂风 | draft | |
| 点穿 | to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word | |
| 光脚的不怕穿鞋的 | lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom); fig. the poor, … | |
| 穿反 | to wear inside out (clothes) | |
| 引线穿针 | to thread a needle; (fig.) to act as a go-between | |
| 穿针引线 | lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between | |
| 没吃没穿 | to be without food or clothing (idiom); to be very poor | |
| 身穿 | to wear (a garment) | |
| 水滴石穿 | dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can… |