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
通讯
tōngxùn
communication
Characters in this word
讯 xùn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 卂 to fly rapidly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 灾区的通讯一度中断，家属无法确认亲人的情况。 Zāiqū de tōngxùn yídù zhōngduàn, jiāshǔ wúfǎ quèrèn qīnrén de qíngkuàng. Communications in the disaster area were interrupted for a time, and families could not confirm their relatives' situations.
- 山区的通讯不太方便，手机常常没有信号。 Shānqū de tōngxùn bú tài fāngbiàn, shǒujī chángcháng méiyǒu xìnhào. Communications in the mountain area are not very convenient, and phones often have no signal.
- 这家通讯公司推出了新的手机套餐。 Zhè jiā tōngxùn gōngsī tuīchū le xīn de shǒujī tàocān. This telecom company launched a new mobile plan.
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