通
tōngtòng HSK2

pass through

通 tōng frequency
conform to verb
to be consistent with or to conform to a standard, such as logic, reason, or law.

他这样做实在是不通情理。

tā zhè​yàng zuò shí​zài shì bù tōng qíng​lǐ.

It is really unreasonable of him to do this.

pass through verb
to go through, open, clear, or connect a passage

隧道终于打通了。

suì​dào zhōng​yú dǎ tōng le.

The tunnel has finally been broken through.

classifier measure word
classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls, or actions

我刚才打了一通电话。

wǒ gāng​cái dǎ le yī tōng diàn​huà.

I just made a phone call.

communicate verb
to communicate or exchange information with others

我们经常通电话。

wǒ​men jīng​cháng tōng diàn​huà.

We talk on the phone often.

prosperous adjective
smooth, unobstructed, or successful, as in the idiom '万事亨通 wàn​shì​hēng​tōng' (may everything go smoothly).

祝你万事亨通。

zhù nǐ wàn​shì hēng tōng.

I wish you success in everything.

be synonymous with verb
refers to a character or word that is interchangeable with or has the same meaning as another in historical or linguistic contexts.

在一些古文中，“伯”通“百”。

zài yī​xiē gǔ​wén zhōng,“ bó” tōng“ bǎi”.

In some ancient texts, the character '伯' is interchangeable with '百'.

expert noun
to know a subject well or a suffix indicating an expert

他是一个中国通。

tā shì yī gè Zhōng​guó tōng.

He is an old China hand.

throughout noun
continuously from beginning to end; throughout the whole duration of a time period.

他通宵加班。

tā tōng xiāo jiā​bān.

He worked overtime all night long.

通 tòng
bout measure word
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

他无缘无故地挨了一通骂。

tā wú​yuán​wú​gù de ái le yī tòng mà.

He was given a scolding for no reason at all.

Frequency
Character
Written text
190th most common 1080.3 per million
Movie subtitles
291st most common 568.2 per million appears in 89% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
77.2 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
110.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+901A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)