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Keyword
to penetrate
  • to pierce
  • to pass through
  • thorough
Frequency
#997
Strokes
10
Readings
tòu100%
Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 秀 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
透过tòuguò
to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
透露tòulù
to leak out; to divulge; to reveal
透明tòumíng
transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
透tòu
(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
渗透shèntòu
(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
路透社Lùtòushè
Reuters News Agency
透明度tòumíngdù
transparency; (policy of) openness
透视tòushì
(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray; (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
穿透chuāntòu
to penetrate
透彻tòuchè
penetrating; thorough; incisive
湿透shītòu
drenched; wet through
看透kàntòu
to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
透气tòuqì
to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge
透镜tòujìng
lens (optics)
透顶tòudǐng
out-and-out; thoroughly
透支tòuzhī
(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse
路透Lùtòu
Reuters (news agency)
烂透làntòu
rotten to the core
透析tòuxī
to analyze in depth; dialysis; (chemistry) to dialyze; (medicine) to undergo dialysis treatment
半透明bàntòumíng
translucent; semitransparent
通透tōngtòu
penetrating
浸透jìntòu
to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
透漏tòulòu
to divulge; to leak; to reveal
透光tòuguāng
transparent; translucent