溝通

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See also: 沟通

Chinese

		ditch; gutter	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (溝通)		溝	通
simp. (沟通)		沟	通

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōutōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiêu-thûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): gêu¹ tung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-thong / kio-thong / kau-thong

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ tong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōutōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: goutong
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹-tʻung¹
  - Yale: gōu-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goutong
  - Palladius: гоутун (goutun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    勾通
    溝通 / 沟通
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
  - Yale: kāu tūng / gāu tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ tung¹ / gau¹ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ tung¹ / geo¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Note: gau1 tung1 - uncommon.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu-thûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gieu^ˊ tung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gieu¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gêu¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /keu⁴⁴ tʰʊŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-thong
  - Tâi-lô: koo-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'tofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio-thong
  - Tâi-lô: kio-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'tofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-thong
  - Tâi-lô: kau-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'tofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ tong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau thong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ tʰoŋ³³/

Verb

溝通

to communicate (to better understand through communication)
(literary) to connect irrigation channels

Synonyms

(to communicate):

交往 (jiāowǎng)
交插 (Hokkien)
交流 (jiāoliú)
交聊 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
交際 / 交际 (jiāojì)
來去 / 来去 (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Min Nan, Wu)
來往 / 来往 (láiwǎng)
周旋 (zhōuxuán)
往來 / 往来 (wǎnglái)
往還 / 往还 (wǎnghuán) (literary)
應酬 / 应酬
打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)
社交 (shèjiāo)
行踏 (Hokkien)
走 (zǒu)
過往 / 过往 (guòwǎng)
過從 / 过从 (guòcóng) (literary)
酬酢 (chóuzuò) (literary)
鋪排 / 铺排 (Hokkien)

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