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彻底

chè dǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 徹底

彻底 (chè dǐ) means "thorough". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 彻底 means

1. thorough
2. thoroughly
3. complete

The characters in 彻底

• 彻chèthorough; penetrating; to pervade
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…

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.
• 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.
• 春天，我想要彻底打扫房子。
  I want to do spring cleaning.

Sounds the same

Read chè dǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 澈底variant of 彻底

Where 彻底 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Candor, Clarity & Attitude (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chè dǐ correctly.
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