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Definitions
- 1. classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
Example Sentences
1 shown飛行員用無線電與機場溝 通 。
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Words Containing 通
Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
grade separation (civil engineering)
well-informed source; person with inside information
Zhaotong prefecture in Yunnan
commonality
pedestrian underpass
to inform
air vent
cannot get through (on phone)
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
to take an overall view of sth
to figure out
to get through sth quickly
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
Tongyu county in Baicheng 白城, Jilin
(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
practicable
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
to join; to connect; to link up
flexible
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
to go through
pragmatic
Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
traffic passage
fire exit
department of transport
popular fiction
(bird species of China) common tern (Sterna hirundo)
to get a good grasp of
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician
to announce; to give notice
communications satellite
alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
common
communications load
flux
remarkable ability
Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
common measure
to communicate
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
conversant with the Confucian classics
to understand clearly
connected by air, sea traffic or service
to spend the whole night
magnetic flux
with money, you can do anything (idiom)
self-taught
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives
Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)
mailing address; postal address
to put it in simple terms, ...
public transportation card
to know all under heaven
Tonghua county in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
universal character set UCS
Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
general rule
communications
penetrating
order for arrest
voice (communications) channel
all through the night
Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county
Journal of Atomic Scientists
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
flexible
traffic cone
to bribe
communications automation
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
communication line
having trading relations (of nations or regions)
digital token (loanword from \token\) (neologism c. 2017)
road congestion
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
transparency (networking)
Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
common coding for components of Chinese character
Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
toll
Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
narrative history
protective passageway
macaroni
briefing
general culture
Bridgestone (tire company)
(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
inflation
general education
kindred spirits
to cure constipation with laxatives
communications protocol
popular science
Benetton, clothes company
fast and abundant (news)
traffic rules
China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
winner takes all
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
to circulate; to distribute
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
open-minded
unobstructed; clear
general knowledge
general middle school education
to correspond (by letter etc)
SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
money is all-powerful
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)
Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
to attend school as a day student
correspondent
ordinary
currency
ordinary person
common
airy
passport
cell phone network
General Electric (GE)
proficient (in sth)
means of transportation
common problem
Fujitsu
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[sī mǎ guāng] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
brightly lit
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
(computing) near-field communication (NFC)
\through train\ (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
shuttle bus
T-joint
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
Stonehenge stone circle
to communicate with the spirits
air vent
Ouija board
unable to understand
Yitong township, capital of Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
Timbuctoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
it does not make sense
Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩
Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
liberal education
to get sb to understand
fluxgate (electrical engineering)
Internet connection
Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan
hyperinflation
China United Telecommunications Corporation
to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
universal; applicable to all (or both)
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
communications channel
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
communicating vessels (in scientific experiment)
corresponding member (of an academy)
phonetic loan character
Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer)
a pass (authority to enter)
morpheme access model (MA model)
(medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
see 蕹菜[wèng cài]
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess
road traffic policing
to pass through; to get through
Tongyu county in Baicheng 白城, Jilin
general course
won't work
to have running water (in a house etc)
common language
to be well-informed
communications center
filtration equipment
communications satellite
Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping 四平, Jilin
to mutually send greetings
Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
wildcard character (computing)
to get through to sb on the phone
communications volume
Nantong, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
everything is going smoothly (idiom)
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
very red
General Motors (car company)
Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
to improve communications
traffic jam
from ancient times up to now
Yitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
Yitong volcanic area in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通滿族自治縣|伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
notification
light rail
commensurable
communications network
traffic congestion
to collude with
traffic police
to lead to
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
unimpeded
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
everything
to notify
to collaborate with the enemy
all night
ventilation duct
Tongchuan district of Dazhou city 達州市|达州市[dá zhōu shì], Sichuan
local train
to facilitate by means of bribery
Litong district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市[wú zhōng shì], Ningxia
PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)
wanted criminal
Tungus
Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
(bird species of China) common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
(coll.) Mandarin Chinese spoken with a thick regional accent
Interfax News Agency
to cooperate
to make sense of sth
Southwest Jiaotong University
preliminary notification
China watcher
to connect
General Electric (GE)
STO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993
to order the arrest of sb as criminal
to interpret
adultery
(idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
to link up
Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county
to lead directly to
to lead to
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
commuting
Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded \Little Smart\",2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75444,52120,young person,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75445,52120,youngster,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75446,52121,(bird species of China) Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75447,52122,homophone group (group of homophone characters
(of sb or sth) whole or entire body
to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
common people
Tongwei county in Dingxi 定西[dìng xī], Gansu
General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山[xiāo yī shān]
Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
across the board
digital communications
Tongshi, Hainan
a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
inflexible
written notice
to be obstructed
instant messaging
Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan
to be connected
General Motors
traffic sign
to collude
general middle school
it does not make sense
Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company)
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
Qualcomm
inflation rate
oral communication (psychology)
North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
to intermarry
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
(bird species of China) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
common law
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
communication service
communications technology
ultimatum
ordinary people
metro
public transport
common questions
Associated Press (AP)
(onom.) sound of object falling into water
interoperability (of communications equipment)
communications industry
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
Unicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中國聯通|中国联通[zhōng guó lián tōng]
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[féng mèng lóng] published in 1624
understanding and adaptable
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
easy to understand
smooth
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
traffic light
ventilation; air circulation
unobstructed passage
to possess great magical power
to unblock
communications protocol
communication system
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父
address book
lexical route
local magistrate
data communication
air traffic controller
Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
all
well-rounded argument
underpass
to intercommunicate
through train
(bird species of China) eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
electronic communication (fax, email etc)
connection charge
thoroughfare
(bird species of China) oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all
efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame)
(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
communications density
general rule
Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
(computing) near-field communication (NFC)
contact address
polymath
traffic hub
Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company
to have postal communications
to understand completely
knowledgeable person
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
phonetic loan character
Bank of Communications
to read through
to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
traffic accident
regular
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
word access model
transport costs
thoroughfare
to phone sb up
universality
mental rapport
(bird species of China) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
passable
almanac
(Interpol) red notice
to collude
admission notice (issued by a university)
to be generally referred to (as)
to have secret ties with
information and communication technology, ICT
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
this road is blocked
macaroni
to connect
Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)
brightly lit
craton (loanword)
Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
Mandarin (common language)
Alstom (company name)
mail address
Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前漢|前汉[qián hàn] officials
through ticket
see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiāo xi líng tōng]
diplomatic note
to be proficient in
general education
to talk over the telephone
common noun
to set up an electric circuit
all roads lead to Rome
an airvent
Saskatoon city, Saskatchewan, Canada
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
a hint is all that is needed
Mouton (name)
Global Tone Communication Technology Co., Ltd (GTCOM), Chinese big data and AI company
former Tonghua prefecture, Jilin
our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
luminous flux (physics)
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
interlinked
American Express Co. (Amex)
Tong county in Beijing
to join forces
China Unicom
Nantong, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
traffic warden
ventilation
Yonghap (South Korean news agency)
to act in collusion (idiom)
China Communications Construction Company
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
to open access
water and land transport
having no common measure
to go smoothly
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
to evacuate the bowels
Yitong River in Siping 四平[sì píng], Jilin
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
cartoon (loanword)
air traffic control
Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan
see 蕹菜[wèng cài]
coronary bypass operation
common stock
incoherent (writing or speech)
Tongwei county in Dingxi 定西[dìng xī], Gansu
password
to circulate
facilitation payment
conversant with things past and present
pulmonary ventilation (medicine)
transport channel
to clear customs
to adapt to circumstances
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
inflation
deflation
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[zhāng zì liè] in 17th century
to notify at a different time
to not fully understand (idiom)
common noun (grammar)
China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan