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Smooth in Chinese: 通顺 (tōng shùn)

tōng shùn

smooth

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

Definitions

  1. 1smooth
  2. 2clear and coherent

Stroke order

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通
顺

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ㄊㄨㄥ

tōng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄕㄨㄣˋ

shùn

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

通顺

Simplified

通順

Traditional

Example sentences

See 通顺 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这篇文章写得很通顺，读起来很舒服。

    zhè piān wén zhāng xiě dé hěn tōng shùn， dú qǐ lái hěn shū fú。

    This article is written fluently and reads comfortably.

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Related words

通

tōng

to go through

顺

shùn

to obey

交通

jiāo tōng

to be connected

顺便

shùn biàn

conveniently

顺利

shùn lì

smoothly

顺序

shùn xù

sequence

通过

tōng guò

to pass through

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

沟通

gōu tōng

to join

通常

tōng cháng

regular

通讯

tōng xùn

communications

孝顺

xiào shùn

filial

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