通

HSK 4#1155 by frequencyradical 辶

tōng["v","a","qv"]

to go through; to connect; open; to clear; to know well; to communicate; (suffix) expert; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Examples

我该通知谁？

Whom should I inform?

那样说得通。

It makes sense.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.