to line; to serve as a lining

Animated Stroke Order 衬

衬 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 衬

衬 stroke order diagram

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衬 handwriting practice sheet - portrait

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HSK Vocabulary:

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
chuān穿
le
jiàn
bái
chèn
shān
miàn
shì

He wore a white shirt to the interview

2
绿
chèn
tuō
zhe
hóng
huā
de
měi

Green leaves set off the beauty of red flowers

3
zhè
huà
de
bèi
jǐng
hěn
hǎo
péi
chèn
le
zhǔ

The background of this painting serves as a good foil for the subject

4
zhè
shì
jiàn
chèn
shān

This is a shirt.

5
jīn
tiān
chuān穿
le
jiàn
lán
de
chèn
shān

I am wearing a blue shirt today.

6
mǎi
le
jiàn
xīn
chèn
shān
zhǔn
bèi
míng
tiān
miàn
shì
shí
chuān穿

He bought a new shirt to wear for his interview tomorrow.

7
hóng
huā
yào
绿
chèn
tuō

Red flowers need green leaves to set them off.

8
zhè
huà
de
bèi
jǐng
yán
hěn
hǎo
chèn
tuō
le
zhǔ

The background color of this painting effectively highlights the subject.

9
zài
yǎn
jiǎng
zhōng
tōng
guò
duì
shù
lái
chèn
tuō
de
guān
diǎn

In his speech, he used contrasting data to emphasize his point.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes8
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#605
Zhuyinㄔㄣˋ
Components
UnicodeU+886C
Cangjie
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality