通用
tōng yòng
Pinyin

Definition

通用
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tōng yòng
  1. to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
  2. to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
  3. (of two or more things) interchangeable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
用户
yòng hù
  1. 1 user
  2. 2 consumer
  3. 3 subscriber
  4. 4 customer
通过
tōng guò
  1. 1 by means of
  2. 2 through
  3. 3 via
  4. 4 to pass through
  5. 5 to get through
  6. 6 to adopt
  7. 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
  8. 8 to switch over
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back

Sample Sentences

我看看，你的是苹果手机，所以呢，你先点击“设置”，打开以后找到“通用”。
wǒ kàn kan ，nǐ de shì píngguǒ shǒujī ，suǒyǐ ne ，nǐ xiān diǎnjī “shèzhì ”，dǎkāi yǐhòu zhǎodào “tōngyòng ”。
Let me see, you use an iPhone, so, first you press settings, then when it opens find the "universal".
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好。首先，我们来看品牌。目前房车市场的进口品牌主要有奔驰、通用。国产品牌主要有长城。进口品牌定位高端市场，价位主要在80至200万之间。国产品牌主打低端市场，也就是价位在30到50万之间。
hǎo 。shǒuxiān ，wǒmen lái kàn pǐnpái 。mùqián fángchē shìchǎng de jìnkǒu pǐnpái zhǔyào yǒu Bēnchí 、Tōngyòng 。guóchǎn pǐnpái zhǔyào yǒu Chángchéng 。jìnkǒu pǐnpái dìngwèi gāoduān shìchǎng ，jiàwèi zhǔyào zài bāshí zhì liǎngbǎi wàn zhījiān 。guóchǎn pǐnpái zhǔdǎ dīduān shìchǎng ，yějiùshì jiàwèi zài sānshí dào wǔshí wàn zhījiān 。
OK. Let's take a look at the brands first. Currently, the leading imported motor home brands are Mercedes Benz and GM. The leading domestic brand is Great Wall. The imported brands are oriented towards the high-end market: prices are between 800,000 and 2,000,000 RMB. The domestic brand is primarily aimed at the lower-end market. Prices are between 300,000 and 500,000 RMB.
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你真有爱心。手语是全世界通用的吧？
nǐ zhēn yǒu àixīn 。shǒuyǔ shì quánshìjiè tōngyòng de ba ？
You're really kind. Is sign language used the same all over the world?
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