穿 (cyun1) — wear; put on; be dressed in in Cantonese
cyunˉ¹穿Mandarin Pinyin: chuan1
Meaning of 穿
nounwear; put on; be dressed in
nounpenetrate; pierce through
nounpass/go through; cross
nounthrough (used after a verb)
Example Sentences with 穿
受人二分四畀人使穿鼻！
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.
keoiˏ₅佢ge˗₃嘅cyunˉ¹穿zoek˗₃著houˊ²好jauˏ₅有banˊ²品meiˍ₆味。
(s)He has a good taste in clothes.
呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
keoiˏ₅佢git˗₃揭hyunˉ¹穿ngoˏ₅我
He exposed me.
git˗₃揭hyunˉ¹穿fongˉ¹謊jimˎ₄言
Expose the lie.
Words Containing 穿
身穿san1 cyun1
to wear; wearing; [粵] 著 zoek3
穿插cyun1 caap3
insert; weave in; intersperse
冇穿冇爛mou5 cyun1 mou5 laan6
(Lit. no hole, nothing broken) [Var.] 無穿無爛
揭穿kit3 cyun1
to expose; to uncover
褲穿窿fu3 cyun1 lung1
having no money (lit, "having a hole in one's trousers")
穿衣cyun1 ji1
to wear clothes; to put on a shirt; to put on a dress [Syn.] 穿衣服 [粵]: 着衫 , 著衫
穿窿cyun1 lung1
to sport a hole; to have a hole
吃穿hek3 cyun1
food and clothing
望穿秋水mong6 cyun1 cau1 seoi2
wait a long time
穿著cyun1 zoek3
the clothes one wears; one's choice of clothing [also]衣著
沒吃沒穿mut6 hek3 mut6 cyun1
(idiom) to be without food and clothing; be very poor
無穿無爛mou4 cyun1 mou4 laan6
still in good condition
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