透明

Chinese

 
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (透明)
simp. #(透明)

Pronunciation


Adjective

透明

  1. transparent (allowing light to pass through)
  2. transparent (open to public scrutiny)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
めい
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

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Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ーめー [tòóméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ːme̞ː]

    Adjective

    (とう)(めい) • (tōmei) -na (adnominal (とう)(めい) (tōmei na), adverbial (とう)(めい) (tōmei ni))

    1. transparent (allowing to see through)
    2. invisible
      透明(とうめい)(にん)(げん)tōmei ningeninvisible man
    3. clear, unclouded
      (とう)(めい)(おと)tōmei na otoclear sound

    Inflection

    Noun

    (とう)(めい) • (tōmei) 

    1. (optics) transparency
    2. state of being clear and unclouded

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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