Chinese symbol for “transparent”
透明
tòu míng
transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transparent is 透明 (tòu míng), defined as: transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “transparent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透光 | tòu guāng | transparent; translucent |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 开光 (開光) | kāi guāng | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate |
| 冏彻 (冏徹) | jiǒng chè | bright and easily understood; clear |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 透明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 透视 (透視) | tòu shì | (drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transparent”.
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.