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
Related words
- 普通话 pǔ tōng huà — Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
- 通过 tōng guò — to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 通知 tōng zhī — to notify; to inform; notice; notification
- 交通 jiāo tōng — to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison
- 通常 tōng cháng — regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- 沟通 gōu tōng — to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- 通讯 tōng xùn — communications; news story; dispatch
- 卡通 kǎ tōng — cartoon (loanword)