连通 (lián tōng) — to connect, to link up; (mathematics) to be con…

Definition

verb

to connectto link up(mathematics) to be connected (of a set or graph)

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Zhè ge xì tǒng kě yǐ lián tōng suǒ yǒu de shè bèi.
This system can connect all devices.
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Gāo tiě lián tōng le běi jīng hé shàng hǎi.
The high-speed rail connects Beijing and Shanghai.
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Zài shù xué lǐ, zhè ge tú shì lián tōng de.
In mathematics, this graph is connected.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

通tōngpass through

It joins 连 and 通: linked and passable, so connected.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

辶車連

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶甬通

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng通tōng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

通 pairs 辶, a part associated with movement, with 甬, which gives the sound.

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