| chuān | to bore through/pierce/perforate/penetrate/pass through/to dress/to wear/to put on/to thread |
| 穿 | to bore through pierce perforate |
| 穿一条裤子 | share the same pair of trousers; band together; collude; gang up |
| 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) |
| 穿云破雾 | pierce the clouds and mist |
| 穿云裂石 | loud and clear |
| 穿入 | work ... into ...; penetrate; infix; Pierce |
| 穿凿 | to bore a hole to give a forced interpretation |
| 穿凿附会 | to give a forced interpretation (idiom); draw far-fetched analogies |
| 穿制服的看门人 | a commissionaire |
| 穿制服的警察 | a uniformed policeman |
| 穿刺 | medical puncture to extract bodily fluid (a tap) body piercing puncture |
| 穿刺术 | [Medicine] centesis; paracentesis |
| 穿卡机 | punched card machine; card punch; punch |
| 穿回 | to put on (clothes) to put (clothes) back on |
| 穿圈 | jumping through the hoop |
| 穿堂 | hallway; enterclose |
| 穿堂儿 | hallway connecting two courtyards in an old-style Chinese compound |
| 穿堂门 | passageway; alley gate |
| 穿堂风 | draught; cross ventilation |
| 穿墙石 | through stone; parpen; parpend |