通用
Meaning
tōngyòng tong1 yong4
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
- to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
- (of two or more things) interchangeable
Example sentences
- English is a language spoken all over the world.
- English is spoken in a lot of countries.
- English has now become the common language of several nations in the world.
Words sharing a character
- 通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through
- 通知tōngzhīto notify
- 普通pǔtōngcommon
- 交通jiāotōngto be connected
- 通常tōngchángregular
- 通道tōngdào(communications) channel
- 沟通gōutōngto join; to connect; to link up
- 通讯tōngxùncommunications
- 通信tōngxìnto correspond (by letter etc)
- 开通kāitōngto open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)