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thông qua

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Hanoi [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kwaː˧˧]Huế [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kwaː˧˧]Saigon [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ waː˧˧] browser voice
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thônglevelngangqualevelngang

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thông qua means to pass; to let through; to approve.

Chinese characters: 通過

Meanings of thông qua in English

Verb

  1. to pass; to let through; to approve

Example sentences with thông qua

  • Đề xuất đó đã được thông qua. The proposal went through.
  • Anh ấy đã đi đường tắt đến trường thông qua công viên. He took a shortcut to school through the park.
  • YouTube là một công ty con của Google, công ty kiểm soát phần lớn Internet thông qua các dịch vụ của mình. YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, which controls most of the Internet through its own services.
  • Trong tiếng Thổ Nhĩ Kì, động từ "to be" không có dạng nguyên thể và được diễn tả thông qua hậu tố cho từng ngôi. In Turkish, the verb "to be" has no infinitive form and is expressed through suffixes for each person.

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

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 通過.

Frequently asked questions

What does thông qua mean in English?

thông qua (verb) means "to pass; to let through; to approve".

How do you pronounce thông qua?

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

Is thông qua a Sino-Vietnamese word?

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

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.