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- to go through
- to know well
- (suffix) expert
- to connect
- to communicate
- open
- to clear
- classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
Trad. 通經
- conversant with the Confucian classics
- to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
Trad. 開通
- to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
- to have secret ties with
- to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc)
- to engage in an illicit sexual relationship
- adultery
Trad. 通縮
- (economics) deflation (abbr. for 通貨緊縮|通货紧缩[tong1 huo4 jin3 suo1])
- flexible
- to accommodate
- to stretch or get around regulations
- a short-term loan
- to circulate
- to flow (esp. capital)
- to intermingle
- to merge
- to become assimilated
Trad. 通識
- general knowledge
- overall knowledge
- common knowledge
- widely known
- erudition
Trad. 通車
- to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)
- (of a locality) to have a transportation service
- (Tw) to commute
Trad. 通過
- to pass through; to get through
- to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
- to pass (a test)
- by means of; through; via
Trad. 通達
- to understand clearly
- to be sensible or reasonable
- understanding
Trad. 網通
- China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
Trad. 聯通
- China United Telecommunications Corporation
- aka China Unicom or Unicom
- abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
Trad. 通關
- to clear customs
- (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
- see 大通區|大通区[Da4 tong1 Qu1]
- see 大通回族土族自治縣|大通回族土族自治县[Da4 tong1 Hui2 zu2 Tu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
Trad. 通電
- to set up an electric circuit
- to electrify
- to switch on
- to be connected to an electricity grid
- open telegram
- Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- to be obstructed
- to be blocked up
- to be impassable
- to make no sense
- to be illogical
Trad. 通靈
- to communicate with the spirits
- psychic
- (ears) sensitive
- (information) accurate
Trad. 鐵通
- China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通[Zhong1 yi2 Tie3 tong1])
Trad. 變通
- pragmatic
- flexible
- to act differently in different situations
- to accommodate to circumstances
- to get through sth quickly
- (gaming) speedrun (abbr. for 快速通關|快速通关[kuai4 su4 tong1 guan1])
- to unblock
- to dredge
- to clear the way
- to get things flowing
- to facilitate
- to mediate
- to lobby
- to explicate (a text)
Trad. 鄧通
- Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4] officials
- to figure out
- to realize
- to become convinced
- to come round (to an idea)
- to get over it
- (medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
- (of medicine or food) to relieve constipation; to promote bowel movement
- to open access
- to establish contact
- to remove a block
- to put through (a phone connection)
- to correspond (by letter, email etc)
- to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- Mouton (name)
- Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system
- phonetic loan character
- using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
- narrative history
- comprehensive history
- a history covering an extended period
Trad. 通報
- to inform
- to notify
- to announce
- circular
- bulletin
- (scientific) journal
- bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame)
- (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2 tong1])
- STO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993
Trad. 通氣
- ventilation
- aeration
- to keep each other informed
- to release information
- (dialect) clear (i.e. thoroughly understood)
- (literary) comfortable; at ease; unburdened
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
- to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
- (of two or more things) interchangeable
Trad. 紅通
- (Interpol) red notice
- abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令[hong2 se4 tong1 ji1 ling4]
Trad. 普通話
- Mandarin (common language)
- Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
- ordinary speech
Trad. 通行證
- a pass (authority to enter)
- a laissez-passer or safe conduct
Trad. 普通鳾
- (bird species of China) Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Trad. 普通鵟
- (bird species of China) eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
- Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
Trad. 通許縣
- Tongxu, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 中國通
- China watcher
- an expert on China
- an old China hand
- public transportation card
- prepaid transit card
- subway pass
Trad. 連通器
- communicating vessels (in scientific experiment)
Trad. 通道縣
- see 通道侗族自治縣|通道侗族自治县[Tong1 dao4 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
Trad. 通遼市
- Tongliao, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
Trad. 大通區
- Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui
Trad. 大通縣
- Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai
Trad. 交通車
- shuttle bus (typically provided for employees or students by a company or school)
Trad. 通霄鎮
- Tongxiao or Tunghsiao town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
Trad. 八達通
- Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)