Putting on a coat and cutting through an alley — same verb

Where the picture shows up in 穿

1. 1

   an arm through a sleeve

   外面冷，多穿一件。

   wàimiàn lěng, duō chuān yí jiàn

   It's cold out — put on another layer.

   At the door, pushing an arm down a sleeve and pulling the collar up

2. 2

   a foot through a cover

   进来请穿鞋套。

   jìnlái qǐng chuān xiétào

   Please put on shoe covers as you come in.

   At the clinic entrance, slipping a foot into the opening of a plastic cover

3. 3

   staying passed-through

   她穿着白色的大衣。

   tā chuān zhe báisè de dàyī

   She's wearing a white coat.

   Pointing across the room at someone whose body sits inside a white coat

4. 4

   the body through an alley

   从这里穿过去更快。

   cóng zhèli chuān guòqù gèng kuài

   It's faster if we cut through here.

   Slipping into a narrow gap between buildings and out onto the next street

5. 5

   it won't go all the way

   这条裤子我穿不上。

   zhè tiáo kùzi wǒ chuān bu shàng

   These trousers don't fit me.

   The waistband stops at mid-thigh and will not go any higher