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tòu

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tòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tòu | tou4
English translation
to penetrate
to pass through
thoroughly
completely
transparent
to appear
to show
to pierce, to penetrate, to pass through; thorough

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About tòu

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

tòu

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of tòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶秀

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

xiù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and xiù represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tòu

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zhǐ xiǎng 大声 dà shēng jiào 一阵 yī zhèn , jiào 自己 zìjǐ 快要 kuài yào biē 透不过气 lái le .

He wanted to shout; he was suffocating.

yǎn 透过 tòu guò 望远镜 wàng yuǎn jìng kān .

He squinted through the telescope.

透过 tòu guò 着眼 zhuó yǎn kān , xiǎng zhǎo chū 正确 zhèngquè de .

She peers through the mist, trying to find the right path.

苍茫 cāng máng 依然 yīrán , 光辉 guānghuī zhēng 穿透 chuān tòu chén huī de céng yún .

Misty it is still, glowing through clouds of dust and reek.

日光 rì guāng 透过 tòu guò 玻璃 bōli 屋顶 wū dǐng zhào ; 眼下 yǎn xià zhè shì 室内 shì nèi 惟一 wéi yī de 照明 zhào míng .

Daylight came in through its glass roof; this was now the only illumination.

Words with tòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tòu to penetrate tòu
透露 tòulù to leak out透露 tòulù
透明 tòumíng transparent透明 tòumíng
透过 tòu guò to pass through透過
渗透 shèntòu to permeate滲透
透顶 tòu dǐng out-and-out透頂
看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly看透 kàn tòu
透气 tòu qì to ventilate透氣
穿透 chuān tòu to penetrate穿透 chuān tòu
透视 tòu shì to see through透視
透支 tòu zhī (bank) overdraft透支 tòu zhī
路透社 Lù tòu shè Reuters News Agency路透社 Lù tòu shè
透明度 tòu míng dù transparency透明度 tòu míng dù
透彻 tòu chè penetrating透徹
透析 tòu xī dialysis (separation of crystalloids by osmosis)透析 tòu xī
通透 tōng tòu penetrating通透 tōng tòu
透漏 tòu lòu to divulge透漏 tòu lòu
浸透 jìn tòu to soak浸透 jìn tòu
熟透 shú tòu ripened熟透 shú tòu
湿透 shī tòu drenched濕透
不透明 bù tòu míng opaque不透明 bù tòu míng
透水 tòu shuǐ permeable透水 tòu shuǐ
透射 tòu shè to transmit透射 tòu shè
透镜 tòu jìng lens (optics)透鏡

tòu Decomposition & Compounds

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tòu Decomposition

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