HSK 6 · Verbs

渗透 shèntòu “to permeate” in Chinese

Traditional 滲透

What 渗透 means

  1. to permeate
  2. to seep
  3. to infiltrate
  4. (lit. and fig.) to permeate
  5. to seep into
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population)
  • (of hostile forces) to infiltrate
  • (chemistry) osmosis

How to say 渗透

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale渗shèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale透tòu4th tone, falling

渗透 in a sentence

  1. 雨水渗透到了地下。

    Yǔshuǐ shèntòu dào le dìxià.

    The rainwater seeped into the ground.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 墙上有一块地方渗透了水。

    Qiáng shàng yǒu yí kuài dìfang shèntòu le shuǐ.

    Water has seeped through one patch of the wall.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 渗透 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 渗 (shèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
渗shènto seep
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 参to take part in · cānSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 参 (cān) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèn.

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.

How to write 渗透

渗 11 strokes · 透 10 strokes

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

Words related to 渗透

Words with 透

透明tòumíng · transparent透露tòulù · to reveal

More words: Common Verbs

筛选shāixuǎn · to screen闪烁shǎnshuò · to twinkle捎shāo · to bring along设立shèlì · to set up拾shí · to pick up施加shījiā · to exert实施shíshī · to implement试图shìtú · to attempt

FAQs

渗透 (shèntòu) means “to permeate” or “to seep”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèntòu: shèn with a 4th tone, then tòu with a 4th 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, 渗透 is written 滲透. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shentou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 渗透 from the suggestions. Typing shentou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
渗透 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.