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To open (a new road or railway line) in Chinese: 开通 (kāi tōng)

kāi tōng

to open (a new road or railway line)

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 開通1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

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通

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

开通

Simplified

開通

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这条地铁线路已经开通了。

    zhè tiáo dì tiě xiàn lù yǐ jīng kāi tōng le。

    This subway line has already opened.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

通

tōng

to go through

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

公开

gōng kāi

open

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

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