HSK 5 · Adjectives

透明 tòumíng “transparent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 透明 means

  1. transparent
  2. open
  3. (fig.) transparent
  4. open to scrutiny

How to say 透明

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale透tòu4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

透明 in a sentence

  1. 这个杯子是透明的。

    Zhè ge bēizi shì tòumíng de.

    This cup is transparent.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司的管理应该更透明。

    Gōngsī de guǎnlǐ yīnggāi gèng tòumíng.

    The company’s management should be more transparent.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 透明 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 透 (tòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
透tòuto penetrate; to seep through
  • 秀elegant · xiùSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 秀 (xiù) hints at the sound. Compare it with tòu.

The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 透明

透 10 strokes · 明 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

透明 (tòumíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 透明 (tòumíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 透明

Words with 透

透露tòulù · to reveal渗透shèntòu · to permeate

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

More words: Adjectives

坦率tǎnshuài · frank烫tàng · very hot特殊tèshū · special天真tiānzhēn · naive突出tūchū · prominent歪wāi · askew完美wánměi · perfect完善wánshàn · complete

FAQs

透明 (tòumíng) means “transparent” or “open”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tòumíng: tòu with a 4th tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 透明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 透明 from the suggestions. Typing touming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
透明 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.