通用

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Chinese

go through; know well; to connect
go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
 
 to use
trad. (通用) 通 用
simp. #(通用) 通 用

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 通 用
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他紅切 余頌切
Baxter thuwng yowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰuŋ/ /jɨoŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰuŋ/ /jioŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰuŋ/ /ioŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰəwŋ/ /juawŋH/
Li
Rong 		/tʰuŋ/ /ioŋH/
Wang
Li 		/tʰuŋ/ /jĭwoŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰuŋ/ /i̯woŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tōng yòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tung1 jung6

Verb

通用

  1. to be in common use

Adjective

通用

  1. (attributive) interchangeable
  2. (attributive, computing) interoperable

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通 用
つう
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

通(つう)用(よう) • (tsūyō) 

  1. common use

Verb

通(つう)用(よう)する • (tsūyō suru) intransitive suru (stem 通(つう)用(よう)し (tsūyō shi), past 通(つう)用(よう)した (tsūyō shita))

  1. be in common use, be current

Conjugation

Conjugation of "通用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 通用し つうようし tsūyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 通用し つうようし tsūyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 通用する つうようする tsūyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 通用する つうようする tsūyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 通用すれ つうようすれ tsūyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 通用せよ¹
通用しろ² 		つうようせよ¹
つうようしろ² 		tsūyō seyo¹
tsūyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 通用される つうようされる tsūyō sareru
Causative 通用させる
通用さす 		つうようさせる
つうようさす 		tsūyō saseru
tsūyō sasu
Potential 通用できる つうようできる tsūyō dekiru
Volitional 通用しよう つうようしよう tsūyō shiyō
Negative 通用しない つうようしない tsūyō shinai
Negative continuative 通用せず つうようせず tsūyō sezu
Formal 通用します つうようします tsūyō shimasu
Perfective 通用した つうようした tsūyō shita
Conjunctive 通用して つうようして tsūyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 通用すれば つうようすれば tsūyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
通用

Noun

通用 • (tong'yong) (hangeul 통용)

  1. hanja form? of 통용

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
通用

Adjective

通用

  1. chữ Hán form of thông dụng (“common, commonly used”).
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