Definition
通车 (tōng chē) means a road, bridge, or railway line opens to traffic, or a place gains transportation service. It focuses on the route or location becoming usable for vehicles. 开通 (kāi tōng) is broader — it can mean opening any service (a hotline, membership, account), not just a physical road.
verb
(of a road, bridge, railway line) to open to traffic(of a locality) to have a transportation service
Examples
- 通车，。Zhè zuò dà qiáo xià gè yuè tōng chē, dào shíhou jiāotōng huì gèng fāngbiàn.This bridge will open to traffic next month, making transportation more convenient.
- 通车，。Nàge piānyuǎn de xiǎo zhèn zhōngyú tōng chē le, jūmín chūxíng bú zài kùnnán.That remote small town finally has transportation service, so residents no longer have difficulty traveling.
- ，。Zài Táiwān, hěnduō rén měitiān zuò jiéyùn tōng chē shàngbān.In Taiwan, many people commute to work by MRT every day.
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