透 (tòu) means Pierce (pass through - penetrate). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
价格应该公开 透 明。
Jiàgé yīnggāi gōngkāi tòumíng.
Prices should be open and transparent.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 透明
她的眼神里 透 着绝望。
Tā de yǎnshén lǐ tòuzhe jué wàng.
Despair showed in her eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 绝望
雨水慢慢渗 透 进土里。
Yǔshuǐ mànmàn shèntòu jìn tǔ lǐ.
The rain slowly seeped into the soil.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渗透
他不肯 透 露任何细节。
Tā bù kěn tòulù rènhé xìjié.
He would not reveal any details.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 透露
母亲的眼神里 透 着急切。
Mǔqīn de yǎnshén lǐ tòuzhe jíqiè.
Anxiety showed in his mother's eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急切
熟 透 的果子坠到了地上。
Shú tòu de guǒzi zhuì dào le dì shang.
The over-ripe fruit dropped to the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坠
有消息 透 露，会议将推迟。
Yǒu xiāoxi tòulù, huìyì jiāng tuīchí.
Word has it that the meeting will be postponed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 透露
他把这个问题解剖得很 透 彻。
Tā bǎ zhège wèntí jiěpōu de hěn tòuchè.
He dissected this question very thoroughly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解剖
这属于个人隐私，不便 透 露。
Zhè shǔyú gèrén yǐnsī, búbiàn tòulù.
This is personal privacy and cannot be disclosed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐私
屋里空气混浊，开窗 透 透 气吧。
Wū lǐ kōngqì hùnzhuó, kāi chuāng tòu tòu qì ba.
The air in here is stale; open a window and let it clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 混浊
这种观念已经渗 透 到日常生活中。
Zhè zhǒng guānniàn yǐjīng shèntòu dào rìcháng shēnghuó zhōng.
This idea has permeated everyday life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渗透
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Words that contain 透
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Questions about 透
How is 透 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 透 (tòu, "Pierce (pass through - penetrate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 透 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 透 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 透?
The dictionary page for 透 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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