通 – vocab dash

通tōng

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Meanings

1. to go through

2. to know well

3. (suffix) expert

4. to connect

5. to communicate

6. open

7. to clear

8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

Characters used

通to go through

Examples5

那个nàge相当xiāngdāng能néng说shuō得de通tōng。

That actually makes a lot of sense.

那样nàyàng说shuō得de通tōng。

It makes sense.

还hái算suàn说shuō得de通tōng。

It's fair.

门mén太tài窄zhǎi了le，这zhè辆liàng车chē通tōng不bù过guò。

The gate is so narrow that the car can't pass through it.

她tā看到kàndào蒙哥马利通tōng了le公共汽车gōnggòngqìchē、伯明翰Bómínghàn接上jiēshàng了le水管shuǐguǎn、塞尔马建jiàn了le桥qiáo，一yī位wèi来自láizì亚特兰大Yàtèlándà的de传教士chuánjiàoshì告诉gàosu人们rénmen：“我们wǒmen将jiāng克服kèfú阻力zǔlì。”是shì的de，我们wǒmen能néng做到zuòdào。

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes, we can.