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通

tōng

pass through; common; communicate

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Strokes
11
Radical
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2
Tone
1

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Example sentences

  • 我没通过。

    Wǒ méi tōng guò

    I didn't pass.

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  • 我们想通了。

    Wǒ men xiǎng tōng le

    We've got it figured out.

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  • 那样说得通。

    Nà yàng shuō de tōng

    It makes sense.

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  • 问题是行不通!

    Wèn tí shì xíng bu tōng

    The problem is that it wouldn’t work!

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 通

  • 通过tōng guò 1–4 to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
  • 通tōng 1to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
  • 通知tōng zhī 1–1 to notify; to inform; notice; notification
  • 普通pǔ tōng 3–1 common; ordinary; general; average
  • 交通jiāo tōng 1–1 to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison
  • 普通话pǔ tōng huà 3–1–4Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
  • 通常tōng cháng 1–2 regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
  • 通信tōng xìn 1–4 to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication
  • 通知书tōng zhī shū 1–1–1written notice
  • 沟通gōu tōng 1–1 to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
  • 通讯tōng xùn 1–4 communications; news story; dispatch
  • 通用tōng yòng 1–4 to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable