溝通

See also: 沟通

Chinese

		ditch; gutter	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (溝通)		溝	通
simp. (沟通)		沟	通

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōutōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiêu-thûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gêu¹ tung¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-thong / kio-thong / kau-thong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōutōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: goutong
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-tʻung¹
    • Yale: gōu-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goutong
    • Palladius: гоутун (goutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
    • Yale: kāu tūng / gāu tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ tung¹ / geo¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Note: gau1 tung1 - uncommon.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu-thûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu^ˊ tung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gêu¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /keu⁴⁴ tʰʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-thong
    • Tâi-lô: koo-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio-thong
    • Tâi-lô: kio-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'tofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-thong
    • Tâi-lô: kau-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'tofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao¹ tong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau thong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ tʰoŋ³³/

Verb

溝通

1. to communicate (to better understand through communication)
2. (literary) to connect irrigation channels

Synonyms

• (to communicate):

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• 交往 (jiāowǎng)
• 交插 (Hokkien)
• 交流 (jiāoliú)
• 交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
• 交際 / 交际 (jiāojì)
• 來去 / 来去 (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
• 來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
• 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
• 往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
• 往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
• 應酬 / 应酬
• 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
• 社交 (shèjiāo)
• 行踏 (Hokkien)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
• 過從 / 过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
• 酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
• 鋪排 / 铺排 (Hokkien)