HSK 6 · Verbs

揭露 jiēlù “to expose” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 揭露 means

  1. to expose
  2. to reveal
  3. to unmask
  4. to ferret out
  5. to disclose
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • disclosure

How to say 揭露

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale揭jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale露lù4th tone, falling

揭露 in a sentence

  1. 这种秘密总有一天会被揭露的。

    Zhè zhǒng mìmì zǒng yǒu yì tiān huì bèi jiēlù de.

    Secrets like this always come out one day.

    Sentence #332596 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 揭露 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 揭 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
揭jiēto take the lid off
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 曷what · héSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 曷 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

The character 露 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
露lùdew
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 路road · lùSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 路 (lù) hints at the sound. Compare it with lù.

How to write 揭露

揭 12 strokes · 露 21 strokes

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

Words related to 揭露

Words with 露

流露liúlù · to reveal透露tòulù · to reveal泄露xièlòu · to leak暴露bàolù · to expose

More words: Thinking & Talking

检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from激发jīfā · to arouse激励jīlì · to encourage警告jǐnggào · to warn讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at

FAQs

揭露 (jiēlù) means “to expose” or “to reveal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiēlù: jiē with a 1st tone, then lù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 揭露 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jielu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 揭露 from the suggestions. Typing jielu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
揭露 is an HSK 6 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.