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通畅 (tōng chàng) — (of roads, passages) unobstructed, clear; (of writing, thinking) coherent, fluent

Definition

Covers both senses: roads/passages being unobstructed and writing/thinking flowing clearly. Unlike 流畅 or 流利, it can describe physical passage, not just speech or writing.

adjective
(of roads, passages) unobstructedclear(of writing, thinking) coherentfluent

Examples

  • ，通畅。
    Zhè tiáo lù xiū hǎo yǐ hòu, chē liàng dōu kě yǐ tōng chàng dì tōng xíng.
    After this road was repaired, vehicles can travel unobstructed.
  • 通畅，。
    Tā sī lù tōng chàng, hěn kuài jiù jiě jué le wèn tí.
    His thinking is clear and coherent, and he quickly solved the problem.
  • 通畅，。
    Zhè piān lùn wén yǔ yán tōng chàng, luó ji qīng xī.
    The language of this paper is fluent and the logic is clear.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

通tōngopen/unobstructed
畅chàngsmooth

通 means open or unobstructed and 畅 means smooth, so together they describe something flowing freely and clearly.

Characters in this word

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

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.

Open 通 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 暢; 畅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
申申shēn
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng暢chàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 暢 combines 申 and 昜, with 昜 giving the sound; the simplified 畅 is a later shorthand.

Open 畅 →
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