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thông

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thông means pine.

Chinese characters: 通 Classifier: cây — e.g. một cây thông (one pine)

Meanings of thông in English

Noun

  1. pine (tree of the genus Pinus)

Verb

  1. to go over or through (to); to run through; to travel through; to cross
  2. to clear off; to unchoke; to unclog
  3. to be in succession; to be non-stop; to be on end
  4. to understand (thoroughly) and accept; to understand and agree to
  5. to be familiar with; to master; to be fluent or conversant in
  6. slang to buttfuck; to have anal sex
  7. archaic to be sufficient; to be enough

Adjective

  1. Central Vietnam good; skilled

Noun

  1. abbreviation short for thông phán (“secretary”)
  2. abbreviation short for thông ngôn (“interpreter”)
  3. abbreviation short for ống thông (“catheter”)

Noun

  1. Northeastern Vietnam form of sông (“river”)

Combining form

  1. reduplicant of thốc, only used in thông thốc

Words with thông

cảm thôngđả thônggiao thônghanh thôngkhai thônglưu thôngphổ thôngthông báothông cảmthông cáothông dịchthông dụngthông điệpthông đồngthông giathông hànhthông hiểuthông minhthông quathông quanthông sốthông suốtthông tấnthông tháithông thạothông thoángthông thốcthông thuộcthông thươngthông thường

Example sentences with thông

  • Ở Cộng hoà Séc, có truyền thống đặt pháo bông lên cây thông Noel. In the Czech Republic, it’s a tradition to put sparklers on the Christmas tree.
  • Tôi đếm rồi. Một cây thông như thế này có hơn ba trăm vòng gỗ, nhưng lại chỉ cần 15 phút để chặt nó xuống. I counted. A pine tree like this has over three hundred annual rings, yet it took only 15 minutes to cut it down.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, thông could be written as 桶. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 松 (“pine”, SV: tùng).

Frequently asked questions

What does thông mean in English?

thông (noun) means "pine".

How do you pronounce thông?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]; Saigon [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]. Tones: thông — level tone (ngang).

Is thông a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. thông is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 通.

What classifier is used with thông?

Common classifiers: cây — for example "một cây thông" (one pine).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.