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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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