HSK 5 · Adjectives

彻底 chèdǐ “thorough” in Chinese

Traditional 徹底

What 彻底 means

  1. thorough
  2. thoroughly
  3. complete

How to say 彻底

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale彻chè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale底dǐ3rd tone, dipping

彻底 in a sentence

  1. 我们必须把它彻底检查一下。

    Wǒmen bìxū bǎ tā chèdǐ jiǎnchá yíxià.

    We need to check it thoroughly.

    Sentence #4952815 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的家每周彻底打扫一次。

    Tā de jiā měizhōu chèdǐ dǎsǎo yícì.

    His house gets a thorough clean once a week.

    Sentence #3660681 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个计划彻底的失败了。

    Zhè ge jìhuà chèdǐ de shībài le.

    The plan was a complete failure.

    Sentence #870139 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 彻底 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 彻 (chè) with each of its parts in a different colour
彻chèthorough
  • 彳step · chìSound part
  • 切to cut · qiēMeaning part

切 hints at the meaning (to cut); 彳 (chì) hints at the sound. Compare it with chè.

The character 底 (dǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
底dǐbottom; base
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 氐 (dǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǐ.

How to write 彻底

彻 7 strokes · 底 8 strokes

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

Words related to 彻底

Words with 彻

贯彻guànchè · to implement

Words with 底

底dǐ · bottom到底dàodǐ · after all归根到底guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis

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FAQs

彻底 (chèdǐ) means “thorough” or “thoroughly”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chèdǐ: chè with a 4th tone, then dǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 彻底 is written 徹底. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chedi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 彻底 from the suggestions. Typing chedi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
彻底 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.