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穿

chuān
HSK 1freq #430

Meanings

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chuān
  1. 1.to wear
  2. 2.to put on
  3. 3.to dress
  4. 4.to bore through
  5. 5.to pierce
  6. 6.to perforate
  7. 7.to penetrate
  8. 8.to pass through
  9. 9.to thread

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to penetrate; to pierce
  2. 2.to pass through; to cross
  3. 3.to string; to chain
  4. 4.to wear; to put on (clothing); to have (clothing) on
  5. 5.placed after verbs to indicate “thoroughly; completely”

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 穴 (“cave”) + 牙 (“tooth”) – to penetrate through, to pass through. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan [Term?]; cognate with Tibetan རྟོལ (rtol, “to bore; to pierce; to perforate”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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穿

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