文通

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (文通)		文	通
simp. #(文通)		文	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéntōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéntōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúntong
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tʻung¹
    • Yale: wén-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentong
    • Palladius: вэньтун (vɛnʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

文通

1. (literary) to have mastered literature

Noun

文通

1. (literary) grammar (system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	通
ぶん Grade: 1	つう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)通(つう) • (buntsū) 

1. correspondence (reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially by letters)

Verb

文(ぶん)通(つう)する • (buntsū suru) suru (stem 文(ぶん)通(つう)し (buntsū shi), past 文(ぶん)通(つう)した (buntsū shita))

1. to correspond (exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time); to communicate with letters

Conjugation

Conjugation of "文通する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	文通し	ぶんつうし	buntsū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	文通し	ぶんつうし	buntsū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	文通する	ぶんつうする	buntsū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	文通する	ぶんつうする	buntsū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	文通すれ	ぶんつうすれ	buntsū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	文通せよ¹ 文通しろ²	ぶんつうせよ¹ ぶんつうしろ²	buntsū seyo¹ buntsū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	文通される	ぶんつうされる	buntsū sareru
Causative	文通させる 文通さす	ぶんつうさせる ぶんつうさす	buntsū saseru buntsū sasu
Potential	文通できる	ぶんつうできる	buntsū dekiru
Volitional	文通しよう	ぶんつうしよう	buntsū shiyō
Negative	文通しない	ぶんつうしない	buntsū shinai
Negative continuative	文通せず	ぶんつうせず	buntsū sezu
Formal	文通します	ぶんつうします	buntsū shimasu
Perfective	文通した	ぶんつうした	buntsū shita
Conjunctive	文通して	ぶんつうして	buntsū shite
Hypothetical conditional	文通すれば	ぶんつうすれば	buntsū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative