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HSK
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
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
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 go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個|个
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
airy / ventilation / to ventilate / to disclose information
HSK 7-9
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
unobstructed; clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
HSK 7-9
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
smooth / clear and coherent
HSK 7-9
a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct
HSK 7-9
all night / throughout the night
HSK 7-9
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
to read through
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
communications channel
commuting
air vent / opening for ventilation
ventilation duct
Ouija board
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
Tonghe county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
inflation rate
(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
briefing
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
passport
connected by air, sea traffic or service
general course / general education course / core course / general curriculum / general education curriculum / core curriculum
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
almanac
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
penetrating
deflation
general rule / general principle
wildcard character (computing)
to have running water (in a house etc)
proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through
currency / (old) exchange of goods
(of sb or sth) whole or entire body
Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
common problem / common failing
to cooperate / concerted effort
adultery / to commit adultery
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
(of medicine or food) to relieve constipation; to promote bowel movement
macaroni
through ticket
thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
thoroughfare
well-rounded argument / general survey
General Motors (car company)
to intermarry
diplomatic note
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
general knowledge / overall knowledge / common knowledge / widely known / erudition
to take an overall view of sth / comprehensive view
brightly lit
(pharmacology) a laxative
Tongyu county in Baicheng 白城, Jilin
to join forces / to give full cooperation
Tong county in Beijing
(idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason
across the board / comprehensive / overall / global
Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
wire copy / press release
to collaborate with the enemy
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
Tungus
toll
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
polymath / all-round person
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
to lead to
unobstructed passage / to go through unhindered
to have postal communications
to understand completely
Timbuktoo (town in Mali)
to adapt to circumstances
(of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
to attend school as a day student

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