HSK 6 · Adjectives

畅通 chàngtōng “unimpeded” in Chinese

Traditional 暢通

What 畅通 means

  1. unimpeded
  2. flowing freely
  3. unobstructed
  4. free-flowing
  5. smooth

How to say 畅通

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale畅chàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st tone, high and level

畅通 in a sentence

  1. 节日期间，道路基本畅通。

    Jiérì qījiān, dàolù jīběn chàngtōng.

    During the holiday, the roads were mostly clear.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 现在电话畅通了。

    Xiànzài diànhuà chàngtōng le.

    The phone line is working again now.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 畅通 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 畅 (chàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
畅chàngfree
  • 申to report · shēnMeaning part
  • 昜bright · yángSound part

申 hints at the meaning (to report); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chàng.

The character 通 (tōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
通tōngto go through
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tōng.

How to write 畅通

畅 8 strokes · 通 10 strokes

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畅通 (chàngtōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 畅通 (chàngtōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 畅通

Words with 畅

舒畅shūchàng · happy畅销chàngxiāo · best-selling

Words with 通

通tōng · to go through通知tōngzhī · to notify通过tōngguò · to pass through交通jiāotōng · traffic普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin沟通gōutōng · to communicate通常tōngcháng · regular通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in

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FAQs

畅通 (chàngtōng) means “unimpeded” or “flowing freely”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chàngtōng: chàng with a 4th tone, then tōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 畅通 is written 暢通. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changtong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 畅通 from the suggestions. Typing changtong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
畅通 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.