HSK 6 · Society

通缉 tōngjī “to put on the wanted list” in Chinese

Traditional 通緝

What 通缉 means

  1. to put on the wanted list
  2. to order the arrest of sb as criminal
  3. to list as wanted

How to say 通缉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale通tōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale缉jī1st tone, high and level

通缉 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆是通缉犯。

    Tāngmǔ shì tōngjīfàn.

    Tom is a wanted man.

    Sentence #4405639 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆已经上通缉令三年了。

    Tāngmǔ yǐjīng shàng tōngjīlìng sān nián le.

    Tom has been on the wanted list for three years.

    Sentence #5663466 from Tatoeba

How 通缉 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 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.

The character 缉 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
缉jīto seize
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 咠to whisper · qìSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 咠 (qì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

How to write 通缉

通 10 strokes · 缉 12 strokes

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

Words related to 通缉

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畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use

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贪污tānwū · to embezzle调解tiáojiě · to mediate条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty同志tóngzhì · comrade统治tǒngzhì · to rule投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain

FAQs

通缉 (tōngjī) means “to put on the wanted list” or “to order the arrest of sb as criminal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tōngjī: tōng with a 1st tone, then jī 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, 通缉 is written 通緝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 通缉 from the suggestions. Typing tongji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
通缉 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.