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HSK
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
to go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
HSK 6
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
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
smooth / clear and coherent
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
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
Tonghai county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
connected by air, sea traffic or service
commuting
Tongshan county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
to lead to
to cooperate / concerted effort
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
penetrating
general rule / general principle
wildcard character (computing)
to have running water (in a house etc)
Tongzhou, a district of Beijing / Tongzhou, a district of Nantong 南通, Jiangsu
currency / (old) exchange of goods
phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
(of sb or sth) whole or entire body
Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
common problem / common failing
adultery / to commit adultery
Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan
proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through
to read through
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
Tongwei county in Dingxi 定西, Gansu
to evacuate the bowels
macaroni
through ticket
thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel
conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
thoroughfare
well-rounded argument / general survey
to intermarry
diplomatic note
to communicate with the spirits / psychic / (ears) sensitive / (information) accurate
brightly lit
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
wire copy / press release
to collaborate with the enemy
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
Tungus
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
to take an overall view of sth / comprehensive view
unobstructed passage / to go through unhindered
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
to have postal communications
common noun / generic term / to introduce oneself
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
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
general rule / standard practice
learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship
all through the night / overnight
(dialect) clear (i.e. thoroughly understood) / (literary) comfortable; at ease; unburdened
(Tw) inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀)
inflation
digital token (loanword from "token") (neologism c. 2017)
correspondent / reporter / messenger boy
communications technology
address book / directory
General Electric (GE)
mailing address; postal address

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