"Penetrating" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 尖锐 | jiān ruì | sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) |   |
| 锐利 | ruì lì | sharp / keen / acute / incisive / penetrating / perceptive | |
| 犀利 | xī lì | sharp / incisive / penetrating | |
| 透彻 | tòu chè | penetrating / thorough / incisive | |
| 通透 | tōng tòu | penetrating | |
| 刺骨 | cì gǔ | piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) | |
| 入木三分 | rù mù sān fēn | written in a forceful hand / penetrating / profound | |
| 彻 |  chè | thorough / penetrating / to pervade / to pass through | |
| 扎 | zhá | penetrating (as of cold) / struggle | |
| 观火 | guān huǒ | penetrating (vision) | |
| 透辟 | tòu pì | penetrating / incisive | |
| 高亮 | gāo liàng | to highlight (computing) / (of sound) loud and clear / penetrating | |
| 精辟 | jīng pì | clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis) / incisive / insightful | |
| 高亢 | gāo kàng | high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) | |
| 真知灼见 | zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn | penetrating insight | |
| 体大思精 | tǐ dà sī jīng | extensive and penetrating (idiom) / expansive and profound (of writing) | |
| 穿透辐射 | chuān tòu fú shè | penetrating radiation | |
