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通顺

tōng shùn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 通順

通顺 (tōng shùn) means "smooth; clear and coherent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 通顺 means

1. smooth
2. clear and coherent

The characters in 通顺

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange

Example sentences

• 你很容易把母语说得通顺流畅，却很容易把非母语说得不自然。
  Nǐ hěn róngyì bǎ mǔyǔ shuō de tōngshùn liúchàng, què hěn róngyì bǎ fēi mǔyǔ shuō de bù zìrán.
  It's very easy to sound natural in your own native language, and very easy to sound unnatural in your non-native language.
• 请把发给你的那张单子看一下，再确认一下所有的句子都很通顺。
  Qǐng bǎ fāgěi nǐ de nà zhāng dānzǐ kàn yīxià, zài quèrèn yīxià suǒyǒu de jùzi dōu hěn tōngshùn.
  Read the list we sent you and check that all the sentences sound natural to you.
• 语言主要是用来沟通，如果可以表词达意，书写没有错字，语意通顺，我认为就是正确的句子了。
  Yǔyán zhǔyào shì yònglái gōutōng, rúguǒ kěyǐ biǎo cí dáyì, shūxiě méiyǒu cuòzì, yǔyì tōngshùn, wǒ rènwéi jiùshì zhèngquè de jùzi le.
  A language is used to communicate, if the words are used correctly, didn't write any incorrect words, and the sentence has no grammar mistakes, in my opinion, this is a correct sentence.

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