通
车

To open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) in Chinese: 通车 (tōng chē)

tōng chē

to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 通車1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)
  2. 2(of a locality) to have a transportation service
  3. 3(Tw) to commute

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通
车

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ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄔㄜ

chē

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

通车

Simplified

通車

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这条新的地铁线明天就要通车了。

    zhè tiáo xīn de dì tiě xiàn míng tiān jiù yào tōng chē le。

    This new subway line opens to traffic tomorrow.

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Related words

车

chē

car

通

tōng

to go through

堵车

dǔ chē

traffic jam

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

车库

chē kù

garage

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

卡车

kǎ chē

truck

通常

tōng cháng

regular

通讯

tōng xùn

communications

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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