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
通风
tōngfēng
to ventilate
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 新装修的房间至少要通风几周，再让孩子长期居住。 Xīn zhuāngxiū de fángjiān zhìshǎo yào tōngfēng jǐ zhōu, zài ràng háizi chángqī jūzhù. A newly renovated room should be ventilated for at least several weeks before a child lives there long-term.
- 夏天把窗户打开通风，屋子里就不会那么闷。 Xiàtiān bǎ chuānghu dǎkāi tōngfēng, wūzi lǐ jiù bú huì nàme mēn. In summer, opening the windows to air the room keeps it from feeling so stuffy.
- 这间厨房不通风，做饭时油烟很大。 Zhè jiān chúfáng bù tōngfēng, zuòfàn shí yóuyān hěn dà. This kitchen is not ventilated, so there is a lot of cooking smoke when cooking.
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