穿

chuān

to wear

to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread

hole (穴) + teeth (牙) = bore through or wear

Teeth (牙) gnaw and bore through things — the core action of piercing or threading. 穴 lends the sound chuān rather than a cave meaning here.

穴+牙→穿
牙TeethSemantic
穴CavePhonetic

今天很冷,你多穿一件衣服吧。

jīn tiān hěn lěng, nǐ duō chuān yī jiàn yī fu ba。

It's very cold today, you should put on one more piece of clothing.

这条隧道穿过整座山。

zhè tiáo suì dào chuān guò zhěng zuò shān。

This tunnel passes through the entire mountain.

Words with 穿

穿越

chuān yuè

to pass through

穿行

chuān xíng

to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through

穿帮

chuān bāng

continuity error

身穿

shēn chuān

to wear (a garment)

马尾穿豆腐,提不起来

mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu , tí bu qǐ lai

lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it

点穿

diǎn chuān

to lay bare in a few words

一眼看穿

yī yǎn kàn chuān

to see through something at first glance (idiom)

乱穿马路

luàn chuān mǎ lù

to jaywalk

光脚的不怕穿鞋的

guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de

lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)

冻穿

dòng chuān

frostbite

刺穿

cì chuān

to skewer

吃穿

chī chuān

food and clothing

More characters with 穴

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