The Chinese word 渗透 (shèntòu) is a compound term formed through morphological combination, where both constituent characters contribute semantically related meanings to create a nuanced concept. The first character, 渗 (shèn), carries the core idea of "seeping" or "filtering through", often implying a slow, gradual process as of a liquid. The second character, 透 (tòu), means "to penetrate", "to pass through", or "to be thorough", adding a sense of depth and completeness. Together, they form a binome (a two-character word) where the meanings synergize to express the concept of a substance (like water) or an influence (like an idea) permeating or spreading thoroughly into something else, capturing both the process (seepage) and the result (deep penetration). This formation follows the common Chinese lexical pattern of combining near-synonyms to create an abstract or more precise term.