穿
chuān
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
To wear, or to put on, clothes, shoes or socks. It covers the action and the state alike: 穿衣服 'to get dressed', 她穿得很漂亮 'she is nicely dressed'. Hats, glasses and watches take another verb, 戴 (dài).
Mặc (quần áo), đi hoặc mang (giày, tất). Dùng cho cả hành động mặc vào lẫn trạng thái đang mặc: 穿衣服 (mặc quần áo), 穿鞋 (đi giày). Đội mũ, đeo kính, đeo đồng hồ thì dùng động từ khác: 戴 (dài).
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “穿” mean?
To wear, or to put on, clothes, shoes or socks. It covers the action and the state alike: 穿衣服 'to get dressed', 她穿得很漂亮 'she is nicely dressed'. Hats, glasses and watches take another verb, 戴 (dài).
Is “穿” formal or informal?
穿 is generally neutral.