通曉

See also: 通暁 and 通晓

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	dawn; to know; to tell (sb sth)
trad. (通曉)		通	曉
simp. (通晓)		通	晓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ hiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-hsiao³
    • Yale: tūng-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongsheau
    • Palladius: тунсяо (tunsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ hiu²
    • Yale: tūng híu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ hiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ hiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ hiːu̯³⁵/

Verb

通曉

1. to thoroughly understand; to be well versed in; to be proficient in; to know through and through

Synonyms

• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 覺／觉
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識／认识
• 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (通曉):

• → Japanese: 通暁(つうぎょう) (tsūgyō)
• → Korean: 통효(通曉) (tonghyo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	曉
つう Grade: 2	ぎょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 通曉 – see the following entry.

【通暁つうぎょう】 [noun] thorough knowledge of something [verb] to be well versed in something, to be thoroughly acquainted with something

(This term, 通曉, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
通	曉

Noun

通曉 • (tonghyo) (hangeul 통효)

1. Hanja form^? of 통효.