HSK C2/W2/V2
Correct

通

/ tōng / 
Strokes

Definition

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

Example

As a Verb

lead to; go to

1
Zhè
这
tiáo
条
xiǎodào
小道
cóng
从
shānjiǎo
山脚
tōng
通
dào
到
shāndǐng
山顶
  
。

This path leads from the foot of the mountain to the top.

2
Zhège
这个
méntōng
门通
jīnglǐ
经理
bàngōngshì
办公室
  
。

This door leads into the manager's office.

3
Tiáotiáo
条条
dàlù
大路
tōng
通
luómǎ
罗马
  
。

All roads lead to Rome.

4
Zhítōng
直通
běijīng
北京

lead directly to Beijing

As an Adjective

through; open

5
Suìdào
隧道
kuàiyào
快要
dǎtōng
打通
le
了
  
。

The tunnel is about to be bored through.

6
Tā
她
de
的
sīxiǎng
思想
háishi
还是
bùtōng
不通
  
。

She hasn't quite turned round yet.

7
Tā
他
huàn
患
le
了
gǎnmào
感冒
  
,
bízi
鼻子
bùtōng
不通
  
。

He had a cold and was very congested.

8
Diànhuà
电话
tōng
通
le
了
  
。

The (telephone) line is through now.

9
Cǐlùbùtōng
此路不通
  
!

Not a through road! / No through road! / No thoroughfare! / This road is blocked. / Dead end.

As a Verb

know; understand

10
Bùtōng
不通
rénqíng
人情

be unreasonable

11
Tōng
通
jī
几
zhǒng
种
wàiyǔ
外语

speak several foreign languages

12
Tōngbǎiyì
通百艺
ér
而
zhuānyī
专一
cháng
长

know something of everything and everything of something

As a Noun

authority; expert

13
Zhōngguó
中国
tōng
通

old China hand; Sinologue

14
Měiguó
美国
tōng
通

expert on the US

As an Adjective

(of writing, etc) well-constructed; logical; coherent

15
Zhège
这个
jùzi
句子
bùtōng
不通
  
。

The sentence is ungrammatical and incoherent.

16
Wénlǐbùtōng
文理不通

be illogical and ungrammatical; be ungrammatical and incoherent

As an Adjective

general; common

As an Adjective

whole; all; entire

As a Measure word

[for letters, telegrams, etc]

As a Verb

open up or clear out by poking or jabbing

As a Verb

connect; link; communicate

As a Verb

notify; tell; inform