透
tòu HSK4

penetrate

透 tòu
thoroughly verb
completely or through and through

这件衣服湿透了。

zhè jiàn yī​fu shī tòu le.

These clothes are soaked through.

appear verb
to show or manifest a feeling, color, or state

她的脸上透着红润。

tā de liǎn shàng tòu zhe hóng​rùn.

There is a healthy glow on her face.

penetrate verb
to pass through or seep into a substance

这种纸太薄，墨水都透到背面了。

zhè zhǒng zhǐ tài báo, mò​shuǐ dōu tòu dào bèi​miàn le.

This paper is so thin that the ink bleeds through to the other side.

leak verb
to tell secretly or let information be known

他把消息透给了媒体。

tā bǎ xiāo​xi tòu gěi le méi​tǐ.

He leaked the news to the media.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)