Chinese word dictionary

渗漏

shèn lòu · seepage; leakage

Practice word

Word information

Simplified渗漏

Traditional滲漏

Pinyinshèn lòu

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

渗shèn

to seep, to permeate, to infiltrate

漏lòu

to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel

How to learn 渗漏

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

漏lòu

to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)

漏洞lòudòng

leak; hole; gap; loophole

渗shèn

to seep; to ooze; to horrify

渗透shèntòu

(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

泄漏xièlòu

(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)

遗漏yílòu

to overlook; to miss; to omit