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开通

kāi tōng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 開通

开通 (kāi tōng) means "to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 开通 means

1. to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

Other readings

开通 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kāi tongopen-minded

The characters in 开通

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

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