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
通报
tōngbào
to report; to circulate a notice; bulletin
Characters in this word
报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 调查组将在证据核实后向社会通报事故原因。 Diàocházǔ jiāng zài zhèngjù héshí hòu xiàng shèhuì tōngbào shìgù yuányīn. The investigation team will report the cause of the accident to the public after the evidence is verified.
- 学校通报了这周的教学安排。 Xuéxiào tōngbào le zhè zhōu de jiàoxué ānpái. The school issued an official notice about this week's teaching schedule.
- 经理向全体员工通报了新的休假制度。 Jīnglǐ xiàng quán tǐ yuángōng tōngbào le xīn de xiūjià zhìdù. The manager informed all staff about the new leave policy.
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