Chinese

通知

tōngzhī
to notify; to inform
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese通 “to pass through; to travel through; to go through; or, to allow passage”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese甬 “handle of a bell”
  • characterChinese知 “to know; to understand; to comprehend”
    • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”

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