透

tòu

penetrate, pass through

How to write 透, stroke by stroke

(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show

Pictophonetic: semantic 辶 (walk), phonetic 秀

Made of 辶 + 秀

透露tòu lùto leak out; to divulge; to reveal
透过tòu guòto pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
透明tòu míngtransparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
湿透shī tòudrenched; wet through
看透kàn tòuto understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
渗透shèn tòu(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
穿透chuān tòuto penetrate
烂透làn tòurotten to the core
透顶tòu dǐngout-and-out; thoroughly
伤透shāng tòuto break (sb's heart); to cause grief to
透视tòu shì(drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray; (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
透支tòu zhī(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

你本不该透露秘密的。
nǐ běn bù gāi tòu lù mì mì de 。
You ought not to have disclosed the secret.
我的尿液是透明的。
wǒ de niào yè shì tòu míng de 。
My urine is clear.
她透过传译员发言。
tā tòu guò chuán yì yuán fā yán 。
She spoke through an interpreter.
她浑身湿透了。
tā hún shēn shī tòu le 。
She got wet to the skin.
我看那糟透了。
wǒ kàn nà zāo tòu le 。
I think that's awful.