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Pinyin
tōng、 tòng
Definition
go through / know well / to connect / to communicate / open
通 [tōng]
动:
1. 没有阻碍,可以穿过,能够达到: open; through; unimpeded.
- 例: 通风 (ventilate); 通天 (reach the sky).
2. 懂得,彻底明了: understand; comprehend; be proficient in; be well versed in.
- 例: 通晓 (well-versed); 通今博古 (comprehend both contemporary and ancient).
3. 传递; 传达: pass on; communicate.
- 例: 通信 (communication); 通报 (report).
4. 沟通; 接通: link up.
- 例: 通道 (passage); 通电 (restore power).
5. 往来友好: friendly intercourse.
- 例: 通家至契 (friends across generations).
6. 了解; 精通: understand; be proficient in.
- 例: 通文 (well-versed in literature).
7. 通报; 说: report; tell.
- 例: 通状 (submit reports).
8. 疏通; 开通: dredge; remove obstacles from; open.
- 例: 通渠 (drainage); 通便 (relieve constipation).
9. 通行; 通用: pass through; in common use.
- 例: 通行证 (pass).
10. 流通,互相交换: exchange.
- 例: 通货 (currency).
11. 陈述: state.
- 例: 通款 (indicate intention).
12. 通奸,过非婚性生活: commit adultery.
- 例: 有通 (have an affair).
13. 调和: reconcile.
- 例: 通和 (harmonize).
形:
1. 整个,全部: whole.
- 例: 通国 (the whole country).
2. 博识: learned; erudite.
- 例: 通士 (scholarly person).
3. 总共: in all; altogether.
- 例: 通计 (total amount).
4. 共同: common.
- 例: 通财 (share wealth).
5. 透彻: penetrating.
- 例: 通透 (thorough understanding).
名:
1. 在某一方面,技术高超、有独创性或聪明灵巧的人: master; expert.
- 例: 万事通 (know-it-all).
2. 古州名: Tong prefecture.
3. 西魏设。在今四川达县: historical administrative region.
4. 五代周置,在今江苏省南通县: historical administrative region.
5. 金置。在今北京市通县: historical administrative region.
6. 乐器名: one of musical instrument.
7. 古代土地面积单位: unit of land.
- 例: 十井为通 (ten wells equal one Tong).
8. 药名。马粪: horse excrement.
量:
1. 遍; 次: time.
- 例: 说了一通 (had a long talk).
2. 用于文书电报: used in documentation.
- 例: 一通电报 (a telegram).
副:
1. 很; 十分: very.
- 例: 通圆 (very round).
2. 总是: always.
- 例: 通常 (usually).
3. 另见 tòng.
用于动作:
- 例: 打了三通鼓 (played the drum three times); 挨了一通儿说 (received a scolding).
tòng [量]
1. 遍: times. 用于演奏某些乐器的动作.
- 例: 打了三通鼓 (played the drum three times).
2. 番: one. 多用于贬义的言语行为.
- 例: 胡说一通 (talk nonsense).
3. 另见 tōng.
to announce / to give notice
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
having trading relations (of nations or regions)
communication trench / trench / approach trench
all night / throughout the night
adultery / to commit adultery
多 媒 体 通 信 duō méi tǐ tōng xìn
multimedia communication
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
incoherent (writing or speech) / nonsensical / a load of crap
regular / usual / normal / usually / normally
The winding path leads to a secluded quiet place. / A small path opens up on an enchanting view. / on twisted paths through twilight shades / a winding path leading to a secluded spot
to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
to know all under heaven / exceptionally talented (idiom)
general rule / general principle
(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
dial / dial-up / put through
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
means of transportation / vehicle
Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan
ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
to join / to connect / to link up / to communicate
common / everyday / average
to correspond (by letter etc) / to communicate / communication
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution
circulation stock / outstanding shares / tradable share / circulating shares
Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
general rule / standard practice
心 有 灵 犀 一 点 通 xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
common (use) / interchangeable
unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL:個|个[ge4]
to go smoothly / prosperous / going well
to intercommunicate / to interoperate
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
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
wildcard character (computing)
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
to be proficient in / to master (a subject)
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
FOC / optical fiber communications
order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster
通 货 膨 胀 率 tōng huò péng zhàng lǜ
inflation rate / rate of inflation
to collude / to collaborate / to gang up
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
connected by air, sea traffic or service
thoroughfare / towngate / main road
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
correspondent / reporter / messenger boy
telecommunication industry / communication industry
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
suddenly see the whole thing in a clear light / understand the thorough meaning suddenly
to link up / to thread together
by means of / through / via / to pass through / to get through / to adopt / to pass (a bill or inspection etc) / to switch over
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
交 通 运 输 业 jiāo tōng yùn shū yè
transportation industry
interlinked / connected / communicating / in communication / accommodating
to go through / to pass through / to be in general use
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
metropolis / large city / metropolitan cities
to have postal communications
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls