不通

bù tōng

Uncommon

Definitions

1. to be obstructed
2. to be blocked up
3. to be impassable
4. to make no sense
5. to be illogical

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Example Sentences

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這電話 不通 ！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 808853)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 不通

• 一窍不通 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng: lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
• 半通不通 半通不通 bàn tōng bù tōng: to not fully understand (idiom)
• 想不通 想不通 xiǎng bu tōng: unable to understand
• 打不通 打不通 dǎ bu tōng: cannot get through (on phone)
• 此路不通 此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng: this road is blocked
• 水泄不通 水泄不通 shuǐ xiè bù tōng: lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
• 狗屁不通 狗屁不通 gǒu pì bù tōng: incoherent (writing or speech)
• 行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng: won't work
• 说不通 说不通 shuō bù tōng: it does not make sense
• 讲不通 讲不通 jiǎng bù tōng: it does not make sense

Child Words of 不通

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)