透 - tòu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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透

tòu

Definition

to penetrate
to pass through
to seep through
thorough
thoroughly
completely
fully
transparent
to tell secretly
to let out
to appear
to reveal
to show
to ignite (fire)
to leak out
defolation

Character Decomposition

Related words (68)

透亮

tòu liàng

bright; shining; translucent; crystal clear

透光

tòu guāng

transparent; translucent

透射

tòu shè

to transmit; transmission (of radiation through a medium); passage

turbine (loanword)

penetrating; thorough; incisive

(bank) overdraft

transparent; open (non-secretive)

透析

tòu xī

dialysis (separation of crystalloids by osmosis)

透氣

tòu qì

to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge

透水

tòu shuǐ

permeable; percolation; water leak

透漏

tòu lòu

to divulge; to leak; to reveal

rosy

to see through; perspective; to examine by fluoroscopy (i.e. X-ray)

透闢

tòu pì

penetrating; incisive

through; via

lens (optics)

to leak (out); to divulge; to reveal

透頂

tòu dǐng

out-and-out; thoroughly

turbine

transparency; (policy of) openness

dialysis machine

permeability

a figure in perspective; perspective drawing

透視學

tòu shì xué

perspective (in drawing)

透視法

tòu shì fǎ

perspective (in drawing)

perspective drawing

see-through clothing

transparency (networking)

transparency

hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan

cutaneous anthrax

perspective drawing

lottery; lotto (loanword)

傷透

shāng tòu

to break (sb's heart); to cause grief to

剔透

tī tòu

pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted

plot leak; spoiler

to fully grasp; to penetrate

completely bad

to dry out; to dry completely

to hate bitterly

to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate

滲透

shèn tòu

to permeate; to infiltrate; to pervade; osmosis

濕透

shī tòu

drenched; wet through

rotten to the core

completely ripe; ripened; well-cooked

看透

kàn tòu

to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)

to penetrate

in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable

chest X-ray

penetrating

opaque

airtight

waterproof; watertight; impermeable

中樂透

zhòng lè tòu

to win at the lottery

convex lens

concave lens

translucent; semitransparent

osmotic pressure

to be unable to guess or make out

猜得透

cāi de tòu

to have sufficient insight to perceive; to suspect that ...

薄透鏡

báo tòu jìng

thin lens (i.e. of negligible thickness in optics)

密不透風

mì bù tòu fēng

wrapped up tight; bundled up tight; closed up tight; air-tight

玲瓏剔透

líng lóng tī tòu

exquisitely made; very clever

correcting lens

penetrating radiation

血液透析

xuè yè tòu xi

hemodialysis

彎月形透鏡

wān yuè xíng tòu jìng

meniscus lens

血液透析機

xuè yè tòu xi jī

hemodialysis machine

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