穿 (chuān) means Wear (put on - pierce). Below are 24 of the 41 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他今天 穿 得很帅。
Tā jīntiān chuān de hěn shuài.
He is dressed very smartly today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 帅
多 穿 点，别着凉。
Duō chuān diǎn, bié zháo liáng.
Wear more so you do not catch a chill.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 着凉
她 穿 着一件红衣服。
Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn hóng yīfu.
She is wearing red clothes.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 红
他 穿 着一双黑皮鞋。
Tā chuān zhe yì shuāng hēi píxié.
He is wearing a pair of black leather shoes.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋
河水从峡谷中 穿 过。
Héshuǐ cóng xiágǔ zhōng chuānguò.
The river runs through the canyon.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 峡谷
这件衣服你 穿 很合适。
Zhè jiàn yīfu nǐ chuān hěn héshì.
This piece of clothing suits you well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 合适
多 穿 点，不然会感冒。
Duō chuān diǎn, bùrán huì gǎnmào.
Wear more, otherwise you will catch a cold.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不然
他不在乎 穿 不 穿 名牌。
Tā bú zàihu chuān bu chuān míngpái.
He does not care whether he wears brand names.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 名牌
他们开车 穿 过了沙漠。
Tāmen kāi chē chuān guò le shāmò.
They drove across the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙漠
他喜欢 穿 休闲的衣服。
Tā xǐhuan chuān xiūxián de yīfu.
He likes wearing casual clothes.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 休闲
火车呼啸着 穿 过隧道。
Huǒchē hūxiàozhe chuānguò suìdào.
The train screamed through the tunnel.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 呼啸
他 穿 上新衣服很神气。
Tā chuān shàng xīn yīfu hěn shénqì.
He looks very smart in his new clothes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神气
新郎 穿 着一身黑西装。
Xīnláng chuānzhe yì shēn hēi xīzhuāng.
The bridegroom wore a black suit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 新郎
这种场合 穿 着要庄重。
Zhè zhǒng chǎnghé chuānzhuó yào zhuāngzhòng.
One should dress soberly for this kind of occasion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 庄重
他今天 穿 了一件白衬衫。
Tā jīntiān chuān le yí jiàn bái chènshān.
He is wearing a white shirt today.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 衬衫
她今天 穿 了一条红裙子。
Tā jīntiān chuān le yì tiáo hóng qúnzi.
She is wearing a red skirt today.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 裙子
今天挺冷的，多 穿 点儿。
Jīntiān tǐng lěng de, duō chuān diǎnr.
It is rather cold today; wear more layers.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 挺
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From the travel phrasebook
穿 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 穿
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 穿
How is 穿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 穿 (chuān, "Wear (put on - pierce)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 穿 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 穿 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 穿 an HSK word?
Yes — 穿 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 穿?
The dictionary page for 穿 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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