通 tōng
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tōng
verb
to go through; to open
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '通' 1; Unihan '通') -
tōng
adjective
open
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '通' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '通' 3) -
tōng
measure word
instance; occurrence; bout
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: A measure word for actions (Guoyu '通' n 2; Kroll 2015 '通' 10) -
tōng
verb
to connect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 连接 in this sense. Etymology: 通：達也。(Shuo Wen; Guoyu '通' v 1) -
tōng
verb
to know well
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 了解 or 精通 in this sense (Guoyu '通' v 4; Kroll 2015 '通' 6a) -
tōng
verb
to report
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 通报 in this sense (Guoyu '通' v 3) -
tōng
verb
to commit adultery
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 通奸 in this sense (Guoyu '通' v 5) -
tōng
adjective
common; in general
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 共同 in this sense (Guoyu '通' adj 6; Kroll 2015 '通' 7; Unihan '通'). -
tōng
verb
to transmit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '通' v 2; Kroll 2015 '通' 2) -
tōng
verb
to attain a goal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '通' 4) -
tōng
adverb
finally; in the end
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '通' 4a) -
tōng
verb
to communicate with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '通' 5) -
tōng
adverb
thoroughly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '通' adj 7; Kroll 2015 '通' 6) -
tōng
verb
to pardon; to forgive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '通' 8) -
tōng
adjective
free-flowing; smooth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 畅达 (Guoyu '通' adj 2) -
tōng
adjective
smoothly; without a hitch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 顺利 (Guoyu '通' adj 3) -
tōng
adjective
erudite; learned
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 通 is synonymous with 渊博 in this sense (Guoyu '通' adj 5) -
tōng
noun
an expert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '通' n 1)
Contained in
- 联通(聯通) connection; link
- 普通赤杨(普通赤楊) alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
- 水泄不通(水洩不通) not one drop can trickle through; impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
- 扑通(撲通) plop
- 通信协定(通信協定) communications protocol
- 交通意外 traffic accident; car crash
- 信息与通讯技术(信息與通訊技術) information and communication technology (ICT)
- 通学(通學) to attend school as a day student
- 通同 to collude; to gang up on; to coordinate
- 克拉通 craton
- 通国身(通國身) understanding the state as body
- 通车(通車) to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service; (Tw) to commute
- 通顺(通順) smooth; clear and coherent
- 姦通 to have an illicit sexual relationship
- 通俗教育 popularization of education
- 通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
- 通盘(通盤) across the board; comprehensive; overall; global
- 光通量 luminous flux
- 钱能通神(錢能通神) money is all-powerful; money can move God
- 通讯处(通訊處) contact address
- 公共交通 public transport
- 轻型轨道交通(輕型軌道交通) light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro
- 通信地址 mail address
- 通风管(通風管) ventilation duct
- 公共交通工具 public transportation
- 通胀率(通脹率) inflation rate
- 磁通量 magnetic flux
- 古尔班通古特沙漠(古爾班通古特沙漠) Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
- 通经(通經) conversant with the Confucian classics ; to stimulate menstrual flow
- 交通车(交通車) shuttle bus
- 通彻(通徹) to understand completely
- 交通规则(交通規則) traffic regulations
- 通讯系统(通訊系統) communication system
- 行不通 won't work; will get (you) nowhere
- 相通 identical ; conspiring
- 变通(變通) pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
- 串通 to collude
- 普通教育 general education
- 穷通(窮通) poor but prestigious
- 通史 a narrative history; a comprehensive history
- 通往 to lead to
Also contained in
国际文传通讯社 、 南通市 、 民国通俗演义 、 通道侗族自治县 、 通鑑纲目 、 卡通 、 富士通 、 美国运通 、 费孝通 、 南通
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 86
- 卷八十三 志第三十三: 選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 58
- 卷八十八 志第六十四 河渠六 Volume 88 Treatises 64: Rivers and Canals 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
- 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
- 卷四十四 志第三十四 選舉志上 Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 51
- 卷五十六 列傳第六: 蕭銑 杜伏威 輔公祏 沈法興 李子通 羅藝 梁師都 Volume 56 Biographies 6: Xiao Xian, du fuwei, Fu Gongshi, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong, Luo Yi, Liang Shidou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 50
- 卷五十九 列傳第九: 屈突通 任瓌 丘和 許紹 李襲志 姜謩 Volume 59 Biographies 9: Qu Tutong, Ren Gui, Qiu He, Xu Shao, Li Xizhi, Jian Mo Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 47
- 卷八十五 志第六十一 河渠三 Volume 85 Treatises 61: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 45
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 45
- 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
Collocations
- 修通 (修通) 坦氣修通 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 10
- 通嗣 (通嗣) 通嗣君也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
- 属通 (屬通) 弟兄不得以屬通 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
- 上通 (上通) 上通而不困 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar — count: 5
- 通外 (通外) 通外內之言以事君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 通吴 (通吳) 乃通吳于晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 始通 (始通) 始通也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 通四方 (通四方) 或通四方之珍異以資之 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3
- 通可以 (通可以) 通可以已也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 情通 (情通) 百里之情通矣 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3