通用

tōng yòng

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
2. to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
3. (of two or more things) interchangeable

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 专用 zhuān yòng 专用 zhuān yòng special 专门用于特定对象或范围: special

Related words

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• 通用语 tōng yòng yǔ 通用语 tōng yòng yǔ common language 通用作定语表示普遍使用: common language
• 公用 gōng yòng 公用 gōng yòng public 共同使用或公共使用: public

Synonyms

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• 通行 tōng xíng 通行 tōng xíng to go through 票证、语言等广泛使用: to go through

Usage notes

Common mistakes

“通用”一般不单独作谓语，常说“通用语言”“通用货币”，不说“这种语言通用”。

Example Sentences

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这张卡在很多商店 通用 。

This card is accepted in many stores.

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Words Containing 通用

• 字根通用码 字根通用码 zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ: common coding for components of Chinese character
• 通用串行总线 通用串行总线 tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn: Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer)
• 通用字符集 通用字符集 tōng yòng zì fú jí: universal character set UCS
• 通用性 通用性 tōng yòng xìng: universality
• 通用拼音 通用拼音 tōng yòng pīn yīn: the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
• 通用汽车 通用汽车 tōng yòng qì chē: General Motors (car company)
• 通用汽车公司 通用汽车公司 tōng yòng qì chē gōng sī: General Motors
• 通用汉字标准交换码 通用汉字标准交换码 tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ: 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
• 通用语 通用语 tōng yòng yǔ: common language
• 通用电器 通用电器 tōng yòng diàn qì: General Electric (GE)
• 通用电气 通用电气 tōng yòng diàn qì: General Electric (GE)

Child Words of 通用

• 用 用 yòng: to use
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)