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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
通过 tōngguò	通过 \| 通过* \| *通过	to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via	通過 HSK 4


通知 tōngzhī	通知 \| 通知* \| *通知	to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個｜个	HSK 4


交通 jiāotōng	交通 \| 交通* \| *交通	to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison	HSK 4


普通话 pǔtōnghuà	普通话 \| 普通话* \| *普通话	Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech	普通話 HSK 4


沟通 gōutōng	沟通 \| 沟通* \| *沟通	to join / to connect / to link up / to communicate	溝通 HSK 5


通常 tōngcháng	通常 \| 通常* \| *通常	regular / usual / normal / usually / normally	HSK 5


通讯 tōngxùn	通讯 \| 通讯* \| *通讯	communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個｜个	通訊 HSK 6


流通 liútōng	流通 \| 流通* \| *流通	to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution	HSK 6


卡通 kǎtōng	卡通 \| 卡通* \| *卡通	cartoon (loanword)	HSK 6


通用 tōngyòng	通用 \| 通用* \| *通用	to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable	HSK 6


畅通 chàngtōng	畅通 \| 畅通* \| *畅通	unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction	暢通 HSK 6


通俗 tōngsú	通俗 \| 通俗* \| *通俗	common / everyday / average	HSK 6


精通 jīngtōng	精通 \| 精通* \| *精通	to be proficient in / to master (a subject)	HSK 6


通缉 tōngjī	通缉 \| 通缉* \| *通缉	to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted	通緝 HSK 6


通道 Tōngdào	通道 \| 通道* \| *通道	Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化｜怀化, Hunan


通道 tōngdào	通道 \| 通道* \| *通道	(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage


开通 kāitōng	开通 \| 开通* \| *开通	to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)	開通


开通 kāitong	开通 \| 开通* \| *开通	open-minded	開通


通 tōng	通 \| 通* \| *通	to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc


通 tòng	通 \| 通* \| *通	classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)


通行 tōngxíng	通行 \| 通行* \| *通行	to go through / to pass through / to be in general use


普通 pǔtōng	普通 \| 普通* \| *普通	common / ordinary / general / average


通讯录 tōngxùnlù	通讯录 \| 通讯录* \| *通讯录	address book / directory	通訊錄


通话 tōnghuà	通话 \| 通话* \| *通话	to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call	通話


即时通讯 jíshítōngxùn	即时通讯 \| 即时通讯* \| *即时通讯	instant messaging (IM) / instant message	即時通訊


通信地址 tōngxìndìzhǐ	通信地址 \| 通信地址* \| *通信地址	mail address


通信 tōngxìn	通信 \| 通信* \| *通信	to correspond (by letter etc) / to communicate / communication


南通 Nántōng	南通 \| 南通* \| *南通	Nantong, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu


大通 Dàtōng	大通 \| 大通* \| *大通	Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui / Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧｜西宁, Qinghai


通行证 tōngxíngzhèng	通行证 \| 通行证* \| *通行证	a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct	通行證


联通 Liántōng	联通 \| 联通* \| *联通	China United Telecommunications Corporation / aka China Unicom or Unicom / abbr. for 中國聯通｜中国联通	聯通


联通 liántōng	联通 \| 联通* \| *联通	connection / link / to link together	聯通


通关 tōngguān	通关 \| 通关* \| *通关	to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)	通關


通报 tōngbào	通报 \| 通报* \| *通报	to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal	通報


通告 tōnggào	通告 \| 通告* \| *通告	to announce / to give notice


通风 tōngfēng	通风 \| 通风* \| *通风	airy / ventilation / to ventilate / to disclose information	通風


通通 tōngtōng	通通 \| 通通* \| *通通	all / entire / complete


直通车 zhítōngchē	直通车 \| 直通车* \| *直通车	"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)	直通車


轨道交通 guǐdàojiāotōng	轨道交通 \| 轨道交通* \| *轨道交通	metro / rapid transit / subway	軌道交通


互通 hùtōng	互通 \| 互通* \| *互通	to intercommunicate / to interoperate


通州 Tōngzhōu	通州 \| 通州* \| *通州	Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county / Tongzhou, county-level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu


网通 Wǎngtōng	网通 \| 网通* \| *网通	China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC	網通


打通 dǎtōng	打通 \| 打通* \| *打通	to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)


上海交通大学 Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué	上海…大学 \| 上海…大学* \| *上海…大学	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	上海交通大學


通辽 Tōngliáo	通辽 \| 通辽* \| *通辽	Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia	通遼


交通大学 Jiāotōng Dàxué	交通大学 \| 交通大学* \| *交通大学	abbr. for 上海交通大學｜上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學｜西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學｜国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc	交通大學


交通运输部 Jiāotōng Yùnshūbù	交通运输部 \| 交通运输部* \| *交通运输部	PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)	交通運輸部


昭通 Zhāotōng	昭通 \| 昭通* \| *昭通	Zhaotong, prefecture-level city in Yunnan


通信技术 tōngxìnjìshù	通信技术 \| 通信技术* \| *通信技术	communications technology	通信技術


通透 tōngtòu	通透 \| 通透* \| *通透	penetrating


通达 tōngdá	通达 \| 通达* \| *通达	to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding	通達


通俗易懂 tōngsúyìdǒng	通俗易懂 \| 通俗易懂* \| *通俗易懂	easy to understand


通讯员 tōngxùnyuán	通讯员 \| 通讯员* \| *通讯员	correspondent / reporter / messenger boy	通訊員


另行通知 lìngxíngtōngzhī	另行通知 \| 另行通知* \| *另行通知	to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice


通往 tōngwǎng	通往 \| 通往* \| *通往	to lead to


通车 tōngchē	通车 \| 通车* \| *通车	to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute	通車


交通银行 Jiāotōng Yínháng	交通银行 \| 交通银行* \| *交通银行	Bank of Communications	交通銀行


直通 zhítōng	直通 \| 直通* \| *直通	to lead directly to


通化 Tōnghuà	通化 \| 通化* \| *通化	Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China / also Tonghua county


连通 liántōng	连通 \| 连通* \| *连通	to connect / to communicate / to relate / (math.) connected	連通


通州区 Tōngzhōuqū	通州区 \| 通州区* \| *通州区	Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county / Tongzhou, county-level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu	通州區


通胀 tōngzhàng	通胀 \| 通胀* \| *通胀	inflation	通脹


贯通 guàntōng	贯通 \| 贯通* \| *贯通	to link up / to thread together	貫通


中国联通 Zhōngguó Liántōng	中国联通 \| 中国联通* \| *中国联通	China Unicom	中國聯通


录取通知书 lùqǔtōngzhīshū	录取通知书 \| 录取通知书* \| *录取通知书	admission notice (delivered by a university)	錄取通知書


接通 jiētōng	接通 \| 接通* \| *接通	to connect / to put through


通识 tōngshí	通识 \| 通识* \| *通识	general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition	通識


疏通 shūtōng	疏通 \| 疏通* \| *疏通	to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)


通灵 tōnglíng	通灵 \| 通灵* \| *通灵	to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate	通靈


圆通 yuántōng	圆通 \| 圆通* \| *圆通	flexible / accommodating	圓通


全球通 quánqiútōng	全球通 \| 全球通* \| *全球通	Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)


通电 tōngdiàn	通电 \| 通电* \| *通电	to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram	通電


通信网络 tōngxìnwǎngluò	通信网络 \| 通信网络* \| *通信网络	communications network	通信網絡


通货 tōnghuò	通货 \| 通货* \| *通货	currency / exchange of goods	通貨


相通 xiāngtōng	相通 \| 相通* \| *相通	interlinked / connected / communicating / in communication / accommodating


通向 tōngxiàng	通向 \| 通向* \| *通向	to lead to


通则 tōngzé	通则 \| 通则* \| *通则	general rule / general principle	通則


通货膨胀 tōnghuòpéngzhàng	通货膨胀 \| 通货膨胀* \| *通货膨胀	inflation	通貨膨脹


通红 tōnghóng	通红 \| 通红* \| *通红	very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)	通紅


交通建设 jiāotōngjiànshè	交通建设 \| 交通建设* \| *交通建设	transport infrastructure	交通建設


通气 tōngqì	通气 \| 通气* \| *通气	ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information	通氣


进行通信 jìnxíngtōngxìn	进行通信 \| 进行通信* \| *进行通信	to communicate / to carry out communications	進行通信


交通标志 jiāotōngbiāozhì	交通标志 \| 交通标志* \| *交通标志	traffic sign	交通標誌


通畅 tōngchàng	通畅 \| 通畅* \| *通畅	unobstructed / clear	通暢


速通 sùtōng	速通 \| 速通* \| *速通	to get through sth quickly / (gaming) speedrun (abbr. for 快速通關｜快速通关)


通知单 tōngzhīdān	通知单 \| 通知单* \| *通知单	notification / notice / ticket / receipt	通知單


中国移动通信 Zhōngguó Yídòng Tōngxìn	中国…通信 \| 中国…通信* \| *中国…通信	China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)	中國移動通信


通宵 tōngxiāo	通宵 \| 通宵* \| *通宵	all night / throughout the night


通辽市 Tōngliáoshì	通辽市 \| 通辽市* \| *通辽市	Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia	通遼市


西安交通大学 Xī'ān Jiāotōng Dàxué	西安…大学 \| 西安…大学* \| *西安…大学	Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)	西安交通大學


普通人 pǔtōngrén	普通人 \| 普通人* \| *普通人	ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street


数据通信 shùjùtōngxìn	数据通信 \| 数据通信* \| *数据通信	data communication	數據通信


铁通 Tiětōng	铁通 \| 铁通* \| *铁通	China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通｜中移铁通)	鐵通


铁通 tiětōng	铁通 \| 铁通* \| *铁通	(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)	鐵通


百事通 bǎishìtōng	百事通 \| 百事通* \| *百事通	knowledgeable person / know all


通电话 tōngdiànhuà	通电话 \| 通电话* \| *通电话	to phone sb up	通電話


融通 róngtōng	融通 \| 融通* \| *融通	to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated


通讯系统 tōngxùnxìtǒng	通讯系统 \| 通讯系统* \| *通讯系统	communication system	通訊系統


通体 tōngtǐ	通体 \| 通体* \| *通体	(of sb or sth) whole or entire body	通體


行不通 xíngbutōng	行不通 \| 行不通* \| *行不通	won't work / will get (you) nowhere

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