透
tòu
penetrate, pass through
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵
- HSK
- 4
- Tone
- 4
Stroke order
Example sentences
谁也参不透。
Shéi yě cān bù tòu
Nobody can understand it.
Shadow我看那糟透了。
Wǒ kàn nà zāo tòu le
I think that's awful.
Shadow他从头到脚都湿透了。
Tā cóng tóu dào jiǎo dōu shī tòu le
He was soaking wet from head to toe.
Shadow他们剧透了结局。
Tā men jù tòu le jié jú
They gave away the ending.
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Words containing 透
- 透tòu 4(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- 透明tòu míng 4–2 transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- 透露tòu lù 4–4 to leak out; to divulge; to reveal
- 渗透shèn tòu 4–4 (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
- 透过tòu guò 4–4 to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
- 透气tòu qì 4–4 to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge
- 透支tòu zhī 4–1 (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
- 透彻tòu chè 4–4 penetrating; thorough; incisive