Chinese word

泄漏

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiè lòu

Meaning

  • verbleak

Example

泄漏了重要信息。xiè lòu le zhòng yào xìn xī

Important information was leaked.

Illustration for 泄漏 (leak)

More examples

监测系统发现储罐在凌晨泄漏。jiān cè xì tǒng fā xiàn chǔ guàn zài líng chén xiè lòu

The monitoring system discovered that the storage tank was leaking in the early hours.

Core concept

A sealed boundary fails, allowing what was held inside to escape into the open.

Common phrases

  • 泄漏机密xiè lòu jī mì

    leak confidential information

  • 泄漏个人信息xiè lòu gè rén xìn xī

    leak personal information

  • 管道正在泄漏guǎn dào zhèng zài xiè lòu

    pipeline leaking

Similar words

泄露xiè lòu: Revealing a secret or piece of information to others without permission.
外泄wài xiè: Allowing information or materials held inside to escape to the outside.
漏lòu: Allowing liquid or gas to escape from a container or piece of equipment.
渗漏shèn lòu: Seeping out slowly in small amounts, especially water or another liquid.

Definition in Chinese

指本应保留或封存的事物被意外或不当方式流出，常带有负面或不希望的意味。zhǐ běn yīng bǎo liú huò fēng cún de shì wù bèi yì wài huò bú dàng fāng shì liú chū cháng dài yǒu fù miàn huò bù xī wàng de yì wèi

Word origin

泄漏 (xièlòu, "leak") combines 泄 (xiè, "release") and 漏 (lòu, "leak"), joining two images of something escaping and extending them to protected information.

Usage tips

  • Chinese can omit the responsible person when context supplies it, whereas English normally needs a grammatical subject and may use a passive sentence when no agent is known.

Other meanings

  • revealverb
  • leakagenoun
  • disclosurenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 泄漏源xiè lòu yuánsource of a leaknoun
  • 泄漏量xiè lòu liàngamount of leakagenoun
  • 泄漏事故xiè lòu shì gùleak incidentnoun

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