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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

共通

gòngtōng

universal; applicable to all (or both)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

universal; applicable to all (or both)

02

shared; common

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 共通 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 共通 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

音乐是人类共通的语言。yīn yuè shì rén lèi gòng tōng de yǔ yán。

Music is a common speech for humanity.

秘鲁的共通语言是什么?bì lǔ de gòng tōng yǔ yán shì shén me?

What is the common language in Peru?

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 共通.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 共通.

Directly before

  • 人类共通1
  • 的共通1

Directly after

  • 共通的1
  • 共通语言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 共通

What does 共通 mean in Chinese?

共通 (gòngtōng) means universal; applicable to all (or both).

How do you pronounce 共通?

共通 is pronounced gòngtōng.

Is 共通 an HSK word?

共通 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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