Chinese Word: 渗 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

渗 (Trad.: 滲)HSK 6

Pinyin: shèn

English Definition: to seep; to ooze; to horrify

Chinese Definition:
①液体慢慢地透入或漏出：渗透。渗水。渗漏。渗漉(水透漏下滴)。渗漓。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:参 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 参 [ cān ] to take part in, to intervene; ginseng

Similar Characters: 掺惨滲

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渗透HSK 6	shèn tòu	(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
渗出	shèn chū	to seep out; to exude
渗入	shèn rù	to permeate
渗漏	shèn lòu	seepage; leakage
渗水	shèn shuǐ	water seepage

1		shāng kǒu 伤口 shèn chū 渗出 yè tǐ 液体。 The wound is oozing.
2		yǔ shuǐ 雨水 shèn tòu 渗透 le 了 ní tǔ 泥土。 The rain permeated the soil.
3		dì xià shuǐ 地下水 wū rǎn 污染 zhǔ yào 主要 shì 是 lái zì 来自 yú 于 wū shuǐ 污水 shèn tòu 渗透 huò 或 dì biǎo 地表 wū rǎn wù 污染物 shèn tòu 渗透。 Groundwater pollution mainly comes from seepage of sewage or surface pollutants.