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HSK
regular; usual; normal / usually; normally
HSK 3
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
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 use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
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
communications / news story / dispatch / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
briefing
adultery / to commit adultery
unobstructed; clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
HSK 7-9
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
(of sb or sth) whole or entire body
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
to go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
written notice
HSK 4
to join forces / to give full cooperation
corresponding author (of an academic paper)
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
HSK 6
all night / throughout the night
HSK 7-9
to lead to
HSK 7-9
to announce; to give notice / announcement
HSK 7-9
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long / day and night
common measure
a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
penetrating
currency / (old) exchange of goods
commuting
a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct
HSK 7-9
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
flux
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
universality
(Tw) inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀)
smooth / clear and coherent
HSK 7-9
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
macaroni
notification / notice / ticket / receipt
wildcard character (computing)
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
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 / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码
to adapt to circumstances
Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
common problem / common failing
to cooperate / concerted effort
Tongcheng, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
communications automation
unobstructed passage / to go through unhindered
to attend school as a day student
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
(of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
artificial general intelligence (AGI)
wire copy / press release
deflation
correspondent / reporter / messenger boy
communication system
to phone sb up
Tongshan, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
easy to understand
flexible / to accommodate / to stretch or get around regulations / a short-term loan
brightly lit
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
to intermarry
General Motors (car company)
inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀)
communications satellite
general education
(pharmacology) a laxative
to know all under heaven / exceptionally talented (idiom)
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
Tongjiang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
common noun / generic term / to introduce oneself
Tonghe, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
General Motors
connected by air, sea traffic or service
toll
passport
phonetic loan character / using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
Tongzhou, a district of Beijing / Tongzhou, a district of Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
airy / ventilation / to ventilate / to disclose information
HSK 7-9
air vent / louvre
ventilation duct
across the board / comprehensive / overall / global
inflation
all through the night / overnight
an airvent / a louvre / airflow orifice
well-rounded argument / general survey
(medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
(old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter
to read through
to facilitate by means of bribery
air vent / opening for ventilation
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
to understand completely

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