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通

tōngㄊㄨㄥ

Sino-Vietnamese: THÔNG

Traditional: 通

HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3

Meaningtōng(verb, adjective, vocab.word.pos.qv)

to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

Examples

  • 前面的路不通。

    qián miàn de lù bù tōng.

    The road ahead is blocked.

  • 他的电话一直打不通。

    tā de diàn huà yì zhí dǎ bù tōng.

    I can't get through to his phone.

  • 她是个中国通。

    tā shì gè zhōng guó tōng.

    She's an expert on China.

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Meaningtòng(verb, adjective, vocab.word.pos.qv)

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Examples

  • 他被老板骂了一通。

    tā bèi lǎo bǎn mà le yì tōng.

    He got a telling-off from the boss.

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Stroke order

THÔNG · 10 strokes

to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc