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
通车
tōngchē
to open to traffic
Characters in this word
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 跨江大桥正式通车后，两岸产业园之间的运输时间缩短了一半。 Kuàjiāng dàqiáo zhèngshì tōngchē hòu, liǎng'àn chǎnyèyuán zhī jiān de yùnshū shíjiān suōduǎn le yíbàn. After the river-crossing bridge officially opened to traffic, transport time between the industrial parks on both banks was cut in half.
- 这条高速公路下个月正式通车。 Zhè tiáo gāosù gōnglù xià gè yuè zhèngshì tōngchē. This expressway officially opens to traffic next month.
- 地铁通车后，进城上班方便多了。 Dìtiě tōngchē hòu, jìnchéng shàngbān fāngbiàn duō le. After the subway opened, getting to work in the city became much easier.
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