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HSK
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
common / ordinary / general / average
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
HSK 2
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
regular; usual; normal / usually; normally
HSK 3
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
written notice
HSK 4
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution
HSK 5
to join; to connect; to link up / to communicate
HSK 5
to go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
HSK 6
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
HSK 6
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
to lead to
HSK 7-9
to announce; to give notice / announcement
HSK 7-9
to be proficient in / to master (a subject)
HSK 7-9
cartoon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
airy / ventilation / to ventilate / to disclose information
HSK 7-9
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
to link up / to thread together
HSK 7-9
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
HSK 7-9
unobstructed; clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
HSK 7-9
to get through to sb on the phone
HSK 7-9
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
interlinked / connected / communicating / in communication / accommodating
HSK 7-9
smooth / clear and coherent
HSK 7-9
ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street
HSK 7-9
a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct
HSK 7-9
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to connect / to put through
HSK 7-9
all night / throughout the night
HSK 7-9
fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective
HSK 7-9
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
to read through
digital communications
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
communications channel
(Interpol) red notice / abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
commuting
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
air vent / opening for ventilation
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
ventilation duct
(Tw) gin and tonic
grade separation (civil engineering)
Ouija board
Pantone color system
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
open-minded
Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
inflation rate
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁, Qinghai
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山
Wutongqiao, a district of Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
briefing
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
(Tw) (computing) near-field communication (NFC)
passport
knowledgeable person / know all
to connect / to communicate / to relate / (math.) connected
connected by air, sea traffic or service
China United Telecommunications Corporation / aka China Unicom or Unicom / abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
connection / link / to link together
Interfax News Agency
general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
remarkable ability / magical power
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
almanac
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
traffic congestion

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