通 tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 甬 path
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
通道
tōngdào
passage, channel
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 地铁站临时关闭了一条通道，乘客只能从东门进出。 Dìtiězhàn línshí guānbì le yì tiáo tōngdào, chéngkè zhǐ néng cóng dōngmén jìnchū. The metro station temporarily closed one passage, so passengers could only enter and exit through the east gate.
- 请不要把行李放在通道上，以免影响别人。 Qǐng búyào bǎ xíngli fàng zài tōngdào shàng, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng biéren. Please do not put luggage in the passage, so as not to bother others.
- 这条地下通道连接着两个车站。 Zhè tiáo dìxià tōngdào liánjiē zhe liǎng ge chēzhàn. This underground passage connects two stations.
Related words
- 交通 jiāotōng transportation; traffic
- 普通 pǔtōng ordinary
- 普通话 pǔtōnghuà Standard Mandarin
- 通 tōng to be open; to connect
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 通知 tōngzhī to notify; notice
- 通常 tōngcháng usually
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 通知书 tōngzhīshū written notice
- 沟通 gōutōng to communicate
- 流通 liútōng to circulate
- 通用 tōngyòng general use; universal