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透

tòu

penetrate, pass through

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Example sentences

  • 谁也参不透。

    Shéi yě cān bù tòu

    Nobody can understand it.

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  • 我看那糟透了。

    Wǒ kàn nà zāo tòu le

    I think that's awful.

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  • 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.

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  • 他们剧透了结局。

    Tā men jù tòu le jié jú

    They gave away the ending.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

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