HSK · Level 8
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Chinese word
透过
Pronunciation
Pinyintòu guò
Meaning
- prepositionthrough
Example
我透过窗户看见了他。wǒ tòu guò chuāng hù kàn jiàn le tā
I saw him through the window.
More examples
他透过实践提高了自己的能力。tā tòu guò shí jiàn tí gāo le zì jǐ de néng lì
He improved his abilities through practice.
Core concept
A result reaches its destination by crossing an intervening medium or channel.
Common phrases
透过实践tòu guò shí jiàn
through practice
透过学习tòu guò xué xí
through learning
透过合作tòu guò hé zuò
through cooperation
Similar words
通过tōng guò: Using a method or means to make something happen.
经过jīng guò: Going through a place or a stage of a process.
由yóu: Showing the source or cause from which an action or change begins.
经由jīng yóu: Through a specified route or medium that carries something onward.
Definition in Chinese
表示借助某种媒介、渠道或方式，通过该媒介实现某种动作或结果，常作介词使用，结构多为“透过＋名词＋（＋动词）”。biǎo shì jiè zhù móu zhǒng méi jiè qú dào huò fāng shì tōng guò gāi méi jiè shí xiàn móu zhǒng dòng zuò huò jié guǒ cháng zuò jiè cí shǐ yòng jié gòu duō wèi tòu guò míng cí dòng cí
Word origin
透 (tòu, "penetrate") + 过 (guò, "pass") combines the ideas of getting through and passing across, extending from physical passage to achieving something by way of a medium.
Usage tips
- In Chinese, the prepositional phrase naming the channel usually comes before the main verb, so the channel is clear before the sentence gives the action or result.
Other meanings
- by means ofpreposition