tōng

pass through, common, communicate

HSK 4 #190

DEFINITIONS

通 tōng
  • to go through
  • to know well
  • (suffix) expert
  • to connect
  • to communicate
  • open
  • to clear
  • classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通 tòng
  • classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

STROKES

WORDS

一竅不 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
yī tōng bǎi tōng grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
一点就 yī diǎn jiù tōng a hint is all that is needed; understanding each other without the need to explain
一點就 yī diǎn jiù tōng a hint is all that is needed; understanding each other without the need to explain
上海交大学 shàng hǎi jiāo tōng dà xué Shanghai Jiao Tong University
上海交大學 shàng hǎi jiāo tōng dà xué Shanghai Jiao Tong University
不可约 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
不可約 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
不圆 bù yuán tōng inflexible; unaccommodating
不圓 bù yuán tōng inflexible; unaccommodating
中国交建设 zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè China Communications Construction Company
中國交建設 zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè China Communications Construction Company
中国交运输协会 zhōng guó jiāo tōng yùn shū xié huì China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
中國交運輸協會 zhōng guó jiāo tōng yùn shū xié huì China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
中国移动信 zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
中國移動信 zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
中国联 zhōng guó lián tōng China Unicom
中國聯 zhōng guó lián tōng China Unicom
中国 zhōng guó tōng China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
中國 zhōng guó tōng China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
中等普教育 zhōng děng pǔ tōng jiào yù general middle school education
中译语 zhōng yì yǔ tōng Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
中譯語 zhōng yì yǔ tōng Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
一氣 chuàn tōng yī qì to act in collusion (idiom)
事先知 shì xiān tōng zhī preliminary notification; to announce in advance