It makes no sense whatsoever.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不通
to be obstructed
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to be obstructed
02
to be blocked up
03
to be impassable
04
to make no sense
05
to be illogical
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 不通 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 不通 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
None of the telephones are working.
I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 不通.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不通.
Directly before
- 鼻子不通1
- 接不通1
- 打不通1
- 电话不通1
- 都不通1
Directly after
- 不通以外1
- 不通到1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 不通
What does 不通 mean in Chinese?
不通 (bùtōng) means to be obstructed.
How do you pronounce 不通?
不通 is pronounced bùtōng.
Is 不通 an HSK word?
不通 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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