HSK 5 · Verbs

沟通 gōutōng “to communicate” in Chinese

Traditional 溝通

What 沟通 means

  1. to communicate
  2. to connect
  3. to join
  4. to link up

How to say 沟通

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale沟gōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st tone, high and level

沟通 in a sentence

  1. 她们用手势沟通。

    Tāmen yòng shǒushì gōutōng.

    They communicate using hand gestures.

    Sentence #10323881 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 飞行员用无线电与机场沟通。

    Fēixíngyuán yòng wúxiàndiàn yǔ jīchǎng gōutōng.

    Pilots communicate with the airport by radio.

    Sentence #798201 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 人和人之间沟通的方法有很多种。

    Rén hé rén zhījiān gōutōng de fāngfǎ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng.

    There are many ways for people to communicate with each other.

    Sentence #1327460 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 沟通 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 沟 (gōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
沟gōuditch
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 勾to hook · gōuSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 勾 (gōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with gōu.

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 沟通

沟 7 strokes · 通 10 strokes

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

Words related to 沟通

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通常tōngcháng · regular畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in

More words: Thinking & Talking

感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions告别gàobié · to say goodbye公布gōngbù · to announce恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence

FAQs

沟通 (gōutōng) means “to communicate” or “to connect”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōutōng: gōu with a 1st 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, 沟通 is written 溝通. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type goutong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 沟通 from the suggestions. Typing goutong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
沟通 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.