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tǒng

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tǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǒng | tong3
English translation
to gather
to unite
to unify
whole
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite

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About tǒng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

tǒng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of tǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟充

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

chōng

Explanation

Simplified form of tǒng . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and chōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tǒng

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shuì dòng Xīn 建筑 jiànzhù 只是 zhǐ shì 仿 fǎng 古典 gǔdiǎn 传统 chuántǒng .

He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.

甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

de 玩具 wánjù Cóng 地上 dì shang 统统 tǒngtǒng shè 起来 qǐlai .

Gather your toys from the floor.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín -罗斯福 Luó sī fú 总统 zǒngtǒng de 新政 xīn zhèng 许诺 xǔ nuò 给予 jǐyǔ yǒu 需要 xūyào de rén 安全 ānquán 帮助 bāngzhù .

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal promised security and succour to those in need.

zéi yòng 长统袜 cháng tǒng wà 遮住 zhē zhù liǎn .

The thief masked his face with a stocking.

Words with tǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
系统 xìtǒng system系統
总统 zǒngtǒng president (of a country)總統
传统 chuántǒng tradition傳統
统一 tǒngyī to unify統一
统计 tǒngjì statistics統計
统治 tǒngzhì rule統治
血统 xuè tǒng lineage血統
统统 tǒngtǒng totally統統
tǒng to gather tǒng
统筹 tǒng chóu an overall plan統籌
操作系统 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system操作系統
统计学 tǒng jì xué statistics統計學
统治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler統治者
统领 tǒng lǐng to lead統領
信息系统 xìn xī xì tǒng information system信息系統
统帅 tǒng shuài command統帥
神经系统 shén jīng xì tǒng nervous system神經系統
统一战线 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn united front統一戰線
总统府 zǒng tǒng fǔ presidential palace總統府
统战 tǒng zhàn consolidation統戰
正统 Zhèng tǒng Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 Zhū Qí zhèn [Zhū​Qí​zhèn] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, Temple name Yingzong 英宗 Yīng zōng [Yīng​zōng]正統
系统性 xì tǒng xìng systematic系統性
副总统 fù zǒng tǒng vice-president副總統
生态系统 shēng tài xì tǒng ecosystem生態系統
子系统 zǐ xì tǒng subsystem子系統

tǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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tǒng Decomposition

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