通問

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Chinese

go through; know well; to connect
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
to ask
trad. (通問)
simp. (通问)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (4)
Final () (1) (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thuwng mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuŋ/ /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuŋ/ /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰuŋ/ /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəwŋ/ /munH/
Li
Rong
/tʰuŋ/ /miuənH/
Wang
Li
/tʰuŋ/ /mĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰuŋ/ /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tōng wèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung1 man6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tōng wèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ thuwng › ‹ mjunH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁoŋ/ /*C.mu-s/
English penetrate ask

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15428 8967
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰoːŋ/ /*mɯns/

Verb

通問

  1. (literary) to exchange greetings
  2. (literary) to exchange correspondence