徹底

See also: 彻底

Chinese

	pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (徹底)	徹	底
simp. (彻底)	彻	底
alternative forms	澈底

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chèdǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ ㄉㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ dai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chha̍t-tái
Jin (Wiktionary): cah⁴ di²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deh⁷ de³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thiat-tí / thiat-té / thiat-tóe

(Teochew, Peng'im): tiag⁴ doi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chèdǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ ㄉㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèdǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴-ti³
  - Yale: chè-dǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chehdii
  - Palladius: чэди (čɛdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³ dai²
  - Yale: chit dái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ dai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³ dei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ tɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chha̍t-tái
  - Hakka Romanization System: cad dai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cad⁶ dai³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰat̚⁵ tai̯³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cah⁴ di²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ ti⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deh⁷ de³ [Phonetic: deh⁶ de³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: de̍h-dâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ te⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deh⁷ de³ [Phonetic: deh⁶ de³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛʔ⁴⁻² te³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-tí
  - Tâi-lô: thiat-tí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiatdie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ ti⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-té
  - Tâi-lô: thiat-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiatdea
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ te⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ te⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat-tóe
  - Tâi-lô: thiat-tué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiatdoea
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tue⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiag⁴ doi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak tói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚²⁻⁴ toi⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

徹底

thorough; thoroughgoing
(literary, of water) so clear that one can see down to the bottom

Synonyms

(thorough): (literary) 築底／筑底 (zhùdǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (徹底):

→ Japanese: 徹底(てってい) (tettei)
→ Korean: 철저(徹底) (cheoljeo)
→ Vietnamese: triệt để (徹底)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徹	底
てつ > てっ Grade: S	てい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てってー [tèttéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [te̞t̚te̞ː]

Noun

徹(てっ)底(てい) • (tettei)

being thorough
thoroughness

Derived terms

徹底的(てっていてき) (tetteiteki)

Verb

徹(てっ)底(てい)する • (tettei suru) suru (stem 徹(てっ)底(てい)し (tettei shi), past 徹(てっ)底(てい)した (tettei shita))

to be thorough

Conjugation

Conjugation of "徹底する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	徹底し	てっていし	tettei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	徹底し	てっていし	tettei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	徹底する	てっていする	tettei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	徹底する	てっていする	tettei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	徹底すれ	てっていすれ	tettei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	徹底せよ¹ 徹底しろ²	てっていせよ¹ てっていしろ²	tettei seyo¹ tettei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	徹底される	てっていされる	tettei sareru
Causative	徹底させる徹底さす	てっていさせるてっていさす	tettei saseru tettei sasu
Potential	徹底できる	てっていできる	tettei dekiru
Volitional	徹底しよう	てっていしよう	tettei shiyō
Negative	徹底しない	てっていしない	tettei shinai
Negative continuative	徹底せず	てっていせず	tettei sezu
Formal	徹底します	てっていします	tettei shimasu
Perfective	徹底した	てっていした	tettei shita
Conjunctive	徹底して	てっていして	tettei shite
Hypothetical conditional	徹底すれば	てっていすれば	tettei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

“徹底”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
徹	底

Root

徹底 • (cheoljeo) (hangeul 철저)

hanja form^? of 철저 (“thoroughness”)