彻
底

Thorough in Chinese: 彻底 (chè dǐ)

chè dǐ

thorough

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 徹底2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1thorough
  2. 2thoroughly
  3. 3complete

Stroke order

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彻
底

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ㄔㄜˋ

chè

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄧˇ

dǐ

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

彻底

Simplified

徹底

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这真是彻底的虚伪！

    zhè zhēn shì chè dǐ de xū wěi！

    This is pure hypocrisy!

  • Igor 彻底垮了。

    Igor chè dǐ kuǎ le。

    Igor was completely broken down.

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Related words

底

dǐ

background

到底

dào dǐ

finally

底下

dǐ xia

the location below sth

年底

nián dǐ

the end of the year

月底

yuè dǐ

end of the month

海底

hǎi dǐ

seabed

彻夜

chè yè

the whole night

底层

dǐ céng

ground or first floor

底线

dǐ xiàn

bottom line

底蕴

dǐ yùn

inside information

底子

dǐ zi

base

垫底

diàn dǐ

to put sth on the bottom

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