通
tōngtòng HSK2

pass through

通 tōng frequency
general adverbadjective
common; general; shared by all
to lead to verbparticle
to go through; to lead to a place

一条地下通道通到街对面的大楼。

yī tiáo dì​xià​tōng​dào tōng dào jiē duì​miàn de dà​lóu.

An underground passage leads to the building across the street.

to connect verbnoun
to connect or communicate; to have social or trade relations with others
to notify verbnoun
to notify or tell; to make something known
to understand adjectiveverb
to understand thoroughly; to master a subject or skill
[correspondence] measure word
classifier for letters, telegrams, and phone calls

一通电话打断了我们的谈话。

yī tōng diàn​huà dǎ duàn le wǒ​men de tán​huà.

A phone call interrupted our conversation.

whole adverbnoun
whole; entire; throughout a period or area
coherent adjective
logical or well-constructed; specifically used for sentences or writing that flows well

现在一切都说得通了。

xiàn​zài yī​qiè dōu shuō de tōng le.

Now everything makes sense.

to clear verb
to clear out an obstruction; to open up by poking or jabbing
expert
(suffix) a person who is an expert in or has extensive knowledge of a particular field
to have an affair
to have an illicit sexual relationship
surname
a Chinese surname
[striking]
classifier for the sound of drums or bells
通 tòng
[action]
classifier for an activity or action taken in its entirety, such as a bout of drinking or a stint of drumming

Cross-References

Same as

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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)