“穿”和“戴”你真的明白了吗？Do you really understand how to use "wear" in Chinese?
关于衣服大家知道多少呢？衬衫、T恤、短袖（半袖）针织衫、风衣等等，这些都属于上衣，还有下装，比如说裤子、裙子什么的。除此之外还有袜子、鞋子、手套、领带，围巾、腰带（裤带）甚至是一些配饰如耳环、发卡、眼镜等等，什么时候说“穿”，而什么时候说“戴”呢？大家有没有思考过？没关系，给我留言吧，稍后公布答案！
How much do you know about clothes? shirt、T-shirt、sweater or French coat ,These are all tops. And also we have pants or skirts for bottom. Besides that we also have socks、shoes、gloves、tie、scarf、belt and even more accessories like earings、hairpin or glasses. Have you ever thought about when should we use "chuan" and when should we use "dai"? It's okay, leave a message there and I will post the answer later!

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穿的基本含义是穿通，穿过。因此引申指人体四肢穿过衣服、裤子、鞋袜等等。
那么象手套为什么不用穿呢？
戴，最基本含义是增益，引申之凡加于上皆曰戴。因此，戴强调的不是肢体穿过衣物，而是附加上去的起增益作用的东西，比如各种饰物。帽也用戴，除了表示是一种附加之外，还因为：在上为戴，戴覆也，从上向下覆盖的叫戴。故词典中说戴指：加在头、颈、面、肩上、胸上。
手套并不是不能说穿，只不过人们更想突出的覆盖、增益的作用。

领带之类可以说戴领带，戴围巾，但也可以说系领带，系围巾，那是因为戴它们时的动作就是“系”。所以，象发卡，胸针之类也可以用“别”，别发卡，别胸针，那是因为戴它们的动作就是“别”。

而穿衣服，也可以上叫套上衣服。那是因为那个动作可以叫套。

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thanks for the correction.  I've been using those words incorrectly for a long time!

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Hi Chris. Actually it's like this. The top,pants,dress,socks,shoes,These are the things called daily necessary clothes. You need to use "chuan" for necessary clothes. But other things like gloves,ties,scarf,belt,earings,hairpin,glasses,ring, These are the accessories, That means it's daily necessary clothes. You are totally okay going out without it. So for accessories you need to use "dai" or "ji", Oh BTW we got one more word for wear that is "ji", Are you aware of the difference between "dai" and "ji"? And for your question sports mascot costume, We'll use "chuan". Hope this will help you!

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Personally, I use "chuan" for tops and bottoms, and I use "dai" for accessories like socks, shoes, and hats.

However, since the original meaning of "chuan" is derived from "pierce", I might use ""chuan" for things like scarves, girdles,  sleevies, necklaces, and bracelets, since the body extends on both sides of the accessory.

And now that I think about it, what about a sports mascot costume, which entirely surrounds the body?  Since the body doesn't "pierce" it, is "dai" more appropriate than "chuan"?

Am I using the words correctly?

Thanks!