Chinese symbol for “thoroughly”
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
Traditional: 一乾二淨
thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoroughly is 一干二净 (yī gān èr jìng), defined as: thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thoroughly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough; thoroughly |
| 痛 | tòng | ache; pain |
| 穷 (窮) | qióng | poor; destitute |
| 透 | tòu | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一干二净.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 第二 | dì èr | second; number two |
| 净化 (淨化) | jìng huà | to purify |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thoroughly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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