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彻

chè

HSK 5 Character Traditional 徹

What 彻 means

1. thorough
2. penetrating
3. to pervade
4. to pass through

Example sentences

• 这真是彻底的虚伪！
  Zhè zhēnshi chèdǐ de xūwěi!
  This is pure hypocrisy!
• Igor 彻底垮了。
  Igor was completely broken down.
• 这个计划彻底的失败了。
  Zhège jìhuà chèdǐ de shībài le.
  The project was a complete failure.
• 我弟弟会经常彻夜不睡。
  Wǒ dìdi huì jīngcháng chèyè bù shuì.
  My brother often stays awake the whole night.
• 他的家每周彻底打扫一次。
  Tā de jiā měizhōu chèdǐ dǎsǎo yīcì.
  His house is cleaned thoroughly once a week.
• 汤姆的生活被彻底改变了。
  Tom's life was changed forever.

Words starting with 彻

• 彻底chè dǐthorough; thoroughly; complete
• 彻夜chè yèthe whole night
• 彻头彻尾chè tóu chè wěilit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing; through and through; out and out
• 彻骨chè gǔto the bone; to the marrow; fig. to a very large degree
• 彻查chè cháto investigate thoroughly
• 彻夜不眠chè yè bù miánto be sleepless all night
• 彻悟chè wùfully aware; to recognize fully

Words containing 彻

• 贯彻guàn chèto implement; to put into practice; to carry out
• 透彻tòu chèpenetrating; thorough; incisive
• 曼彻斯特Màn chè sī tèManchester
• 响彻xiǎng chèto resound; to resonate
• 大彻大悟dà chè dà wùto achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
• 侵彻qīn chè(of a projectile) to penetrate (armor etc)
• 通彻tōng chèto understand completely
• 斯彻达尔Sī chè dá ěrStjørdal (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
• 罗彻斯特Luó chè sī tèRochester
• 通天彻地tōng tiān chè dìto know all under heaven; exceptionally talented (idiom)
• 克赖斯特彻奇Kè lài sī tè chè qíChristchurch (New Zealand city)
• 曼彻斯特编码Màn chè sī tè biān mǎManchester encoding
• 萨斯喀彻温Sà sī kā chè wēnSaskatchewan province, Canada
• 贯彻始终guàn chè shǐ zhōngto follow through; to carry through to the end
• 冏彻jiǒng chèbright and easily understood; clear; transparent
• 凯彻Kǎi chèvariant of 恺撒, Caesar (emperor)
• 清彻qīng chèvariant of 清澈
• 澄彻chéng chèvariant of 澄澈
• 恺彻Kǎi chèvariant of 恺撒, Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu 严复

Characters that look like 彻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
• 伽gāused in the transliteration of Greek letters
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord

Sounds the same

Read chè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 撤to remove; to take away
• 澈clear (water); thorough
• 掣to pull; to draw; to pull back
• 屮plants sprouting
• 坼to crack; to split; to break
• 呫used in 呫嚅