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沟通

gōu tōng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 溝通

沟通 (gōu tōng) means "to communicate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 沟通 means

1. to join; to connect; to link up
2. to communicate

The characters in 沟通

• 沟gōuditch; gutter; groove
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 她们用手势沟通。
  They communicate with each other by gesture.
• 英语是沟通的工具。
  English is a communication tool.
• 英语是一种沟通的手段。
  English is a means of communication.
• 飞行员用无线电与机场沟通。
  Fēixíngyuán yòng wúxiàndiàn yǔ jīchǎng gōutōng.
  Pilots communicate with the airport by radio.
• 您能用英语沟通您想要说的话吗？
  Nín néng yòng Yīngyǔ gōutōng nín xiǎngyào shuō dehuà ma?
  Can you communicate in English what you want to say?
• 人和人之间沟通的方法有很多种。
  Rén hé rén zhījiān gōutōng de fāngfǎ yǒu hěn duōzhǒng.
  Human beings communicate in many ways.

Words containing 沟通

• 口语沟通kǒu yǔ gōu tōngoral communication (psychology)

Sounds the same

Read gōu tōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 勾通to collude with; to conspire

Where 沟通 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Interaction & Communication (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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