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tōng

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tōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tōng | tong1
English translation
onomatopoetic

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About tōng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

tōng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of tōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口通

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

tōng

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Example sentences using tōng

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xiǎo 鸭子 yā zi tōng 扑嗵 tiào 水中.

The ducklings plumped into the water.

Words with tōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tōng thud tōng

tōng Decomposition & Compounds

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