穿插

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
trad. (穿插)		穿	插
simp. #(穿插)		穿	插
alternative forms		穿揷

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ caap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan-chhah / chhng-chhah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuancha
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: chwān-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuancha
    • Palladius: чуаньча (čuanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ caap³
    • Yale: chyūn chaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ tsaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ cab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-chhah
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan-tshah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoanzhaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³ t͡sʰaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng-chhah
    • Tâi-lô: tshng-tshah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhngzhaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʔ³²/

Noun

穿插

1. subplot; interlude; episode

Related terms

• 情節／情节 (qíngjié, “plot”)

Verb

穿插

1. to alternate; to do in turn
2. to weave in; to insert; to intersperse
3. (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces

Synonyms

• (to alternate)

• 交叉 (jiāochā)
• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 交替 (jiāotì)
• 織／织 (zhī)
• 輪流／轮流 (lúnliú)
• 輪番／轮番 (lúnfān)

 

• (to weave in) 插進／插进 (chājìn)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhēng-chhah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhēng-chhah
    • Tâi-lô: tshīng-tshah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexngzhaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʔ³²/

Noun

穿插

1. (Southern Min) clothing; apparel; headgear and footwear; way or style of dressing

Synonyms

• 打扮 (style of dress)
• 服裝／服装 (fúzhuāng)
• 服飾／服饰 (fúshì)
• 穿戴 (chuāndài)
• 穿著／穿着 (chuānzhuó)
• 衣冠
• 衣履 (yīlǚ) (literary)
• 衣服
• 衣著／衣着 (yīzhuó)
• 衣衫 (yīshān)
• 衣裳 (yīshang) (colloquial)
• 裝扮／装扮 (zhuāngbàn)
• 裝束／装束 (zhuāngshù)
• 身頌／身颂 (sĭng^→sīng-*sê̤ṳng) (Eastern Min)