彻 (chè): thorough, penetrating, to pervade
彻 (chè) is a Chinese character meaning “thorough.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 彳 (phonetic) and 切 (semantic). It ranks #1234 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 彻 cut. Its radical form 彳 (step) appears in many related characters such as 很 (hěn, very), 得 (dé, to obtain), 往 (wǎng, to go (in a direction)).
Definitions
- thorough
- penetrating
- to pervade
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 彻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彻头彻尾 | chè tóu chè wěi | lit. from head to tail (idiom) |
| 彻夜 | chè yè | the whole night |
| 曼彻斯特 | màn chè sī tè | Manchester |
| 透彻 | tòu chè | penetrating |
| 贯彻 | guàn chè | to implement |
| 响彻 | xiǎng chè | to resound |
| 彻夜不眠 | chè yè bù mián | to be sleepless all night |
| 凯彻 | kǎi chè | variant of 愷撒|恺撒, Caesar (emperor) |
| 克赖斯特彻奇 | kè lài sī tè chè qí | Christchurch (New Zealand city) |
| 通天彻地 | tōng tiān chè dì | to know all under heaven |
| 斯彻达尔 | sī chè dá ěr | Stjørdal (city in Trøndelag, Norway) |
| 罗彻斯特 | luó chè sī tè | Rochester |
| 通彻 | tōng chè | to understand completely |
| 清彻 | qīng chè | variant of 清澈[qing1 che4] |
| 大彻大悟 | dà chè dà wù | to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism) |
彻 appears in 26 compound words: 27 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 35 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 彻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
to come to a profound realization; to become totally enlightened; to experience a complete awakening
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了彻字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le chè zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "彻" in the dictionary.
子宫腺肌症怎么治才能控制症状?彻底根除只有切除子宫可行吗
zǐ gōng xiàn jī zhèng zěn má zhì cái néng kòng zhì zhèng zhuàng ? chè de gēn chú zhī yǒu qiē chú zǐ gōng kě háng ma
How to treat adenomyosis to control symptoms? Is it possible to completely eradicate only the removal of the uterus?
子宫腺肌症能彻底治愈吗?保留子宫者停药后多会复发吗
zǐ gōng xiàn jī zhèng néng chè de zhì yù ma ? bǎo liú zǐ gōng zhě tíng yào hòu duō huì fù fā ma
Can adenomyosis be completely cured? Will people with preserved uterus relapse after stopping the drug?
英国工党于大曼彻斯特国会补选输给绿党 失近百年票仓
yīng guó gōng dǎng yú dà 曼 chè sī tè guó huì bǔ xuǎn shū gěi lǜ dǎng shī jìn bǎi nián piào cāng
The British Labour Party lost to the Greens in the Greater Manchester parliamentary by-election and lost nearly a century of votes
传陆拟卖伊朗超音速反舰飞弹 “恐彻底翻转中东局势”
chuán lù nǐ mài yī lǎng chāo yīn sù fǎn jiàn fēi dàn kǒng chè de fān zhuǎn zhōng dōng jú shì
It is rumored that Lu plans to sell Iranian supersonic anti-ship missiles "may completely overturn the situation in the Middle East"
...再被入禀申请破产 懒理儿子风流事母子关系彻底决裂
. . . zài bèi rù 禀 shēn qǐng pò chǎn lǎn lǐ ér zǐ fēng liú shì mǔ zǐ guān xì chè de jué liè
... was reported to file for bankruptcy again, and the relationship between mother and son was completely broken by lazing to pay attention to his son's affairs
政府应该彻底加强军队建设！
Zhèngfǔ yīnggāi chèdǐ jiāqiáng jūnduì jiànshè!
The government should strengthen their army once and for all!
这真是彻底的虚伪！
Zhè zhēnshi chèdǐ de xūwěi!
This is pure hypocrisy!
这个计划彻底的失败了。
Zhège jìhuà chèdǐ de shībài le.
The project was a complete failure.
他的家每周彻底打扫一次。
Tā de jiā měizhōu chèdǐ dǎsǎo yīcì.
His house is cleaned thoroughly once a week.
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