"To pierce" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 穿 |  chuān | to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread |   |
| 刺 | cì | thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder | |
| 划破 | huá pò | to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) | |
| 刺破 | cì pò | to puncture / to pierce | |
| 洞穿 | dòng chuān | to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into | |
| 捅破 | tǒng pò | to pierce / to poke through | |
| 戳破 | chuō pò | to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality) | |
| 纵贯 | zòng guàn | lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) | |
| 砭 | biān | ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce | |
| 擘 | bò | thumb / to break / to tear / to pierce / to split | |
| 擉 | chuò | to pierce / to break through | |
| 刺戳 | cì chuō | to stab / to pierce | |
| 穿破 | chuān pò | to wear out (clothes) / to pierce (a membrane etc) | |
