透
tòu HSK4

penetrate

透 tòu
to penetrate particleverb
to pass through or seep into something
thoroughly particle
used after a verb or adjective to indicate a high degree or completion, such as being wet through or fully ripe

食物看上去棒透了！

shí​wù kàn​shang​qu bàng tòu le!

The food looks amazing!

她脾气坏透了。

tā pí​qi huài tòu le.

She's got a terrible temper.

to leak verb
to tell something secretly or leak information, often used as a bound form in words like 透露 tòu​lù
to appear
to show through or reveal a certain look or quality, such as showing through one's face or complexion
thorough
clear and deep in understanding or explanation
surname
a Chinese surname

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,077th most common 138.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,056th most common 93.7 per million appears in 42% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
68.3 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
42.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+900F

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)