想通

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (想通)		想	通
simp. #(想通)		想	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² tung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁶ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngtong
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-tʻung¹
    • Yale: syǎng-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangtong
    • Palladius: сянтун (sjantun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² tung¹
    • Yale: séung tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁶ tong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŏⁿ thong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰoŋ³³/

Verb

想通

1. to straighten out one's thinking; to come around to an idea; to be convinced; to get over it
2. to figure out
3. to realize

Synonyms

• (to be convinced): 心服 (xīnfú), 信服 (xìnfú), 折服 (zhéfú), 服氣／服气 (fúqì)