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tōng

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tōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tōng | tong1
English translation
to go through
to know well
(suffix) expert
to connect
to communicate
open
to clear
classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common

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About tōng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

tōng

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of tōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶甬

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tōng

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

天花板 tiān huā bǎn Gāo gěi rén zhǒng 通风 tōng fēng 宽敞 kuānchang de 感觉 gǎnjué .

A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness.

通常 tōngcháng , 所有 suǒyǒu 暴露 bàolù zài 刻蚀 Zhōng de 材料 cáiliào dōu 具有 jù yǒu 一定 yīdìng 的刻蚀速率 sù lǜ .

More often, all of the materials exposed to the etchant have a finite etch rate.

yún 主要 zhǔyào 通过 tōngguò 气窗 Ōu Xiàng 地表 dì biǎo 辐射 fúshè 能量 néngliàng .

Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.

Words with tōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
通过 tōngguò by means of通過
tōng to go through tōng
通知 tōngzhī to notify通知 tōngzhī
普通 pǔ tōng common普通 pǔ tōng
通常 tōngcháng regular通常 tōngcháng
交通 jiāotōng traffic交通 jiāotōng
流通 liútōng to circulate流通 liútōng
沟通 gōutōng to join溝通
通道 Tōng dào passage通道 Tōng dào
通话 tōng huà phone call通話
通讯 tōngxùn communications通訊
通信 tōng xìn to communicate通信 tōng xìn
开通 kāi tōng to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)開通
通讯员 tōng xùn yuán correspondent通訊員
普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person普通人 pǔ tōng rén
通往 tōng wǎng to lead to通往 tōng wǎng
通报 tōng bào to inform通報
接通 jiē tōng to connect接通 jiē tōng
通用 tōngyòng common (use)通用 tōngyòng
联通 Lián tōng abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通 Zhōng guó Lián tōng 聯通
卡通 kǎtōng cartoon (loanword)卡通 kǎtōng
通行证 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter)通行證
不通 bù tōng to be obstructed不通 bù tōng
行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work行不通 xíng bu tōng
通告 tōng gào to announce通告 tōng gào

tōng Decomposition & Compounds

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tōng Decomposition

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tōng Compounds

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  • tōng
    • , tōng , tōng ,
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