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
通红
tōnghóng
completely red; flushed
Characters in this word
红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子冻得脸颊通红，却仍然舍不得离开雪地。 Háizi dòng de liǎnjiá tōnghóng, què réngrán shěbudé líkāi xuědì. The child's cheeks were bright red from the cold, yet he still could not bear to leave the snow.
- 他跑得满脸通红，喘着气坐在台阶上。 Tā pǎo de mǎnliǎn tōnghóng, chuǎnzhe qì zuò zài táijiē shàng. He ran until his whole face was bright red; panting, he sat down on the steps.
- 她羞得耳朵通红，低下头不说话。 Tā xiū de ěrduo tōnghóng, dī xià tóu bù shuōhuà. She was so embarrassed that even her ears turned bright red; she lowered her head and said nothing.
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