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tōng = tu + (e)ng1
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
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tòng = tu + (e)ng4
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
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How to pronounce 通

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= tu initial

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= tu initial

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

通 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
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tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
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yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
path screened by walls on both sides
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chuò = chu + o4
to walk (side part of split character)
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Characters with 通 as component

tēng = t + (e)ng1
to heat up (cooked food) by baking or steaming / Taiwan pr. [tong1]
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tōng = tu + (e)ng1
(onom.) thump / thud
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tōng = tu + (e)ng1
Aralia papyrifera
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Words with 通

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learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
to collaborate with the enemy
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码[Tong1 yong4 ma3]

Sentences with 通

ǎn
lǎo
sūn
yào
jiàn
zhè
lǎo
lóng
wáng
 
 
kuài
kuài
tōng
bào

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tōng / tòng

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