揭穿

Chinese

		lift off (a cover); divulge	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
trad. (揭穿)		揭	穿
simp. #(揭穿)		揭	穿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ cyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiechuan
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: jyē-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiechuan
    • Palladius: цзечуань (czečuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ cyun¹
    • Yale: kit chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatzhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Verb

揭穿

1. to expose; to lay bare; to show up

Synonyms

• 宣洩／宣泄 (xuānxiè)
• 戳破 (chuōpò)
• 戳穿 (chuōchuān)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 拓破 (Hokkien)
• 捅
• 揭
• 揭發／揭发 (jiēfā)
• 揭露 (jiēlù)
• 㨴 (kin²) (Cantonese)
• 撞破 (zhuàngpò)
• 泄露 (xièlù)
• 洩漏／泄漏 (xièlòu)
• 洩露／泄露 (xièlù)
• 流露 (liúlù)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 漏 (lòu)
• 漏洩／漏泄 (lòuxiè)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 篤爆／笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 篤穿／笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 說破／说破 (shuōpò)
• 說穿／说穿 (shuōchuān)
• 講穿／讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 走漏 (zǒulòu)
• 踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 透露 (tòulù)