相通

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (相通)		相	通
simp. ^#(相通)		相	通

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ tung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-thûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-thong / siang-thong / saⁿ-thong / sio-thong / sa-thong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangtong
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tʻung¹
  - Yale: syāng-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtong
  - Palladius: сянтун (sjantun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ tung¹
  - Yale: sēung tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-thûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ tung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-thong
  - Tâi-lô: siong-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongtofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thong
  - Tâi-lô: siang-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangtofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-thong
  - Tâi-lô: sann-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'tofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-thong
  - Tâi-lô: sio-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'tofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-thong
  - Tâi-lô: sa-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'tofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ tʰɔŋ³³/

Verb

相通

to communicate with each other; to be interlinked; to be connected

Derived terms

一脈相通 / 一脉相通
呼吸相通 (hūxīxiāngtōng)
息息相通
有無相通 / 有无相通
靈犀相通 / 灵犀相通

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相通):

→ Japanese: 相通(そうつう) (sōtsū)
→ Korean: 상통(相通) (sangtong)