穿衣
chuān yī
Pinyin

Definition

穿衣
 - 
chuān yī
  1. to wear clothes
  2. clothing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

穿
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
穿越
chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
衣服
yī fu
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
上衣
shàng yī
  1. 1 jacket
  2. 2 upper outer garment
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
内衣
nèi yī
  1. 1 undergarment
  2. 2 underwear
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
外衣
wài yī
  1. 1 outer clothing
  2. 2 semblance
  3. 3 appearance
大衣
dà yī
  1. 1 overcoat
  2. 2 topcoat
  3. 3 cloak
  4. 4 CL:件[jiàn]
棉衣
mián yī
  1. 1 cotton-padded clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
洗衣
xǐ yī
  1. 1 laundry
洗衣机
xǐ yī jī
  1. 1 washer
  2. 2 washing machine
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]
看穿
kàn chuān
  1. 1 see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
睡衣
shuì yī
  1. 1 night clothes
  2. 2 pajamas
穿上
chuān shang
  1. 1 to put on (clothes etc)
穿梭
chuān suō
  1. 1 to travel back and forth
  2. 2 to shuttle
穿着
chuān zhuó
  1. 1 attire
  2. 2 clothes
  3. 3 dress
穿衣
chuān yī
  1. 1 to wear clothes
  2. 2 clothing
穿过
chuān guò
  1. 1 to pass through
薰衣草
xūn yī cǎo
  1. 1 lavender
卫衣
wèi yī
  1. 1 sweatshirt

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
妄生穿凿
wàng shēng chuān záo
  1. 1 a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
户限为穿
hù xiàn wèi chuān
  1. 1 an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
水滴石穿
shuǐ dī shí chuān
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
没吃没穿
méi chī méi chuān
  1. 1 to be without food or clothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to be very poor
滴水石穿
dī shuǐ shí chuān
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
滴水穿石
dī shuǐ chuān shí
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
牛衣对泣
niú yī duì qì
  1. 1 couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
百步穿杨
bǎi bù chuān yáng
  1. 1 to shoot with great precision (idiom)
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
眼成穿
yǎn chéng chuān
  1. 1 to watch in anticipation (idiom)
眼穿肠断
yǎn chuān cháng duàn
  1. 1 waiting anxiously (idiom)
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
  1. 1 to grind one's way through an ink stone
  2. 2 to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
  3. 3 to study diligently (idiom)
穿小鞋
chuān xiǎo xié
  1. 1 lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 to make life difficult for sb
穿金戴银
chuān jīn dài yín
  1. 1 richly bedecked
  2. 2 dripping with gold and silver (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你别转移话题。咱们说的是穿衣问题。我觉得春捂秋冻这说法还是挺科学的。
nǐ bié zhuǎnyí huàtí 。zánmen shuō de shì chuānyī wèntí 。wǒ juéde chūnwǔqiūdòng zhè shuōfǎ háishì tǐng kēxué de 。
Don't change the subject. We're talking about what clothes to wear. I think this 'wear more in the spring and less in the fall' idea is quite scientific.
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犀利哥，你好，很多人都对你的穿着很感兴趣，你能传授一下你的穿衣搭配秘籍吗？
Xīlìgē ，nǐhǎo ，hěn duō rén dōu duì nǐ de chuānzhuó hěn gǎn xìngqù ，nǐ néng chuánshòu yīxià nǐ de chuānyī dāpèi mìjí ma ？
Brother Sharp, hello. A lot of people are really interested in the clothes you wear. Could you share with us your secret as to how you put your wardrobe together?
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啊哟，也没你说得这么夸张。不过，在个人的修养和品位方面我倒是一直都很注意的，特别是穿衣打扮，绝不马虎。
āyō ，yě méi nǐ shuō de zhème kuāzhāng 。bùguò ，zài gèrén de xiūyǎng hé pǐnwèi fāngmiàn wǒ dàoshì yīzhí dōu hěn zhùyì de ，tèbié shì chuānyī dǎbàn ，juébù mǎhu 。
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