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Thorough in Chinese

thorough · HSK 5

彻底 chè dǐ

  1. 彻 chè thorough
  2. 底 dǐ bottom

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How do you say thorough in Chinese?

Thorough in Chinese is 彻底 (chè dǐ). You can also say 周 (zhōu), 深入 (shēn rù), 洞 (dòng).

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Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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