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透

tòu

HSK 5 Character

What 透 means

1. bound formto penetrate; to seep through
2. to tell secretly; to leak
3. thoroughly; through and through
4. to appear; to show

Example sentences

• 他坏透了。
  Tā huàitòu le.
  He is rotten to the core.
• 他倒霉透了。
  Tā dǎoméi tòu le.
  He is shit out of luck.
• 谁也参不透。
  Nobody can understand it.
• 天气糟透了。
  The weather is really bad.
• 她浑身湿透了。
  Tā húnshēn shītòu le.
  She got wet to the skin.
• 我看那糟透了。
  I think that's awful.

Words starting with 透

• 透明tòu míngtransparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
• 透露tòu lùto leak out; to divulge; to reveal
• 透过tòu guòto pass through; to penetrate; by means of
• 透视tòu shì(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy…
• 透彻tòu chèpenetrating; thorough; incisive
• 透支tòu zhī(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft
• 透顶tòu dǐngout-and-out; thoroughly
• 透明度tòu míng dùtransparency; (policy of) openness
• 透气tòu qìto flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc)
• 透亮tòu liàngbright; shining; translucent
• 透析tòu xīto analyze in depth; dialysis; (chemistry) to dialyze…
• 透风tòu fēngto let air pass through; to ventilate
• 透信tòu xìnto disclose information; to tip off
• 透光tòu guāngtransparent; translucent
• 透射tòu shèto transmit; transmission (of radiation through a medium); passage
• 透平tòu píng(loanword) turbine
• 透底tòu dǐto disclose inside information; to divulge secret details
• 透水tòu shuǐpermeable; percolation; water leak
• 透红tòu hóngrosy
• 透平机tòu píng jīturbine
• 透析机tòu xī jīdialysis machine
• 透水性tòu shuǐ xìngpermeability
• 透视图tòu shì túperspective drawing
• 透视学tòu shì xuéperspective (in drawing)

Words containing 透

• 渗透shèn tòu(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate…
• 湿透shī tòudrenched; wet through
• 穿透chuān tòuto penetrate
• 看透kàn tòuto understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
• 浸透jìn tòuto soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
• 路透社Lù tòu shèReuters News Agency
• 通透tōng tòupenetrating
• 半透明bàn tòu míngtranslucent; semitransparent
• 熟透shú tòucompletely ripe; ripened; well-cooked
• 伤透shāng tòuto break (sb's heart); to cause grief to
• 密不透风mì bù tòu fēngsealed off; impenetrable
• 干透gān tòuto dry out; to dry completely
• 坏透huài tòucompletely bad
• 乐透lè tòu(loanword) lotto
• 路透Lù tòuReuters (news agency)
• 不透明bù tòu míngopaque
• 不透气bù tòu qìairtight
• 不透水bù tòu shuǐwaterproof; watertight; impermeable
• 中乐透zhòng lè tòuto win in a lotto game
• 路透集团Lù tòu jí tuánReuters group plc
• 血透xuè tòuhemodialysis (abbr. for 血液透析
• 剧透jù tòuplot leak; spoiler
• 血液透析xuè yè tòu xīhemodialysis
• 血液透析机xuè yè tòu xi jīhemodialysis machine

Characters built on 秀

These share the phonetic component 秀 (xiù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Characters that look like 透

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 菠bōspinach
• 迸bèngto burst forth; to spurt; to crack
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare