Definitions
- 1. to leak (of water or gas)
- 2. to drip
- 3. to drain
- 4. to discharge
- 5. to leak out
- 6. to divulge (secrets)
- 7. to give vent (to anger, spite etc)
- 8. to disperse
- 9. to reduce
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Common mistakes
泄 usually takes an object; the leaked substance is the object, not the subject. E.g., 管道泄油 (pipe leaks oil), not 油泄.
Formality
泄 is formal/literary; in everyday speech, use 漏 for physical leaks and 说出去 for divulging.
Example Sentences
1 shown管道 泄 了很多水。
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Words Containing 泄
to leak out; to divulge
to drain (by leading off water)
(of a liquid or gas) to leak
to leak (information)
to leak secrets
to leak (gas)
to give vent to (one's feelings)
to cascade down
to leak (usually secret information)
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed
to drain (factory waste etc)
excrement
drainage system
premature ejaculation
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
to leak out
cloaca (of bird or reptile)
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
diarrhea
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
lienteric diarrhea (TCM)
to lose heart
to divulge the inside story
to give vent to anger
to give vent to anger
to sate one's lust
sexual object
to give vent to anger
cloaca
to release flood water
sluice-gate
drainage
to have diarrhea
to vent personal spite
a leak (e.g. of chemicals)
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret