疏通

Chinese

		negligent; sparse; thin	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (疏通)		疏	通
simp. #(疏通)		疏	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ tung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-thong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): so¹ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shutong
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tʻung¹
    • Yale: shū-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutong
    • Palladius: шутун (šutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ tung¹
    • Yale: sō tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-thong
    • Tâi-lô: soo-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: so'tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: so¹ tong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so thong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³⁻²³ tʰoŋ³³/

Verb

疏通

1. to dredge (clear the bed of an area of water)
2. to mediate between two parties
3. (literary) to dissect and interpret

Synonyms

• (to dredge):

• 疏導／疏导 (shūdǎo)
• 疏浚 (shūjùn)

 

• (to dissect):

• 分析 (fēnxī)
• 剖 (pōu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 剖析 (pōuxī)
• 拆解 (chāijiě)
• 解析 (jiěxī)
• 通釋／通释 (tōngshì) (literary)