通道

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (通道)		通	道
simp. #(通道)		通	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ dou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thong-tō / thong-tō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong¹ dao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongdào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: tūng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongdaw
    • Palladius: тундао (tundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: tūng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-tō
    • Tâi-lô: thong-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongdoi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thong-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongdo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong¹ dao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thong tău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tau³⁵/

Noun

通道

1. passageway; passage; thoroughfare; route; pass; lane; access

   安全通道  ―  ānquán tōngdào  ―  safe passage

   疏散通道  ―  shūsàn tōngdào  ―  evacuation route

   地下通道  ―  dìxià tōngdào  ―  underpass

   優先通道／优先通道  ―  yōuxiān tōngdào  ―  priority lane

   機艙服務員專用通道 [MSC, trad.]
   机舱服务员专用通道 [MSC, simp.]

   jīcāng fúwùyuán zhuānyòng tōngdào [Pinyin]

   crew passage

2. (communication) channel
3. (computer graphics) channel
4. (biochemistry) channel (as in ion channel)
5. (medicine) access (as in vascular access)

Derived terms

• 消防通道 (xiāofáng tōngdào)
• 綠色通道／绿色通道 (lǜsè tōngdào)
• 離子通道／离子通道 (lízǐ tōngdào)

 

Related terms

• 渠道 (qúdào)

Proper noun

通道

1. (～侗族自治縣, ～縣) Tongdao County (an autonomous county of Huaihua, Hunan, China)