通风
tōng fēng
Pinyin

Definition

通风
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tōng fēng
  1. airy
  2. ventilation
  3. to ventilate
  4. to disclose information

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
普通
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
联通
Lián tōng
  1. 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
  2. 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
  3. 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
  1. 1 to go through
  2. 2 to know well
  3. 3 (suffix) expert
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to communicate
  6. 6 open
  7. 7 to clear
  8. 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
通常
tōng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 usual
  3. 3 normal
  4. 4 usually
  5. 5 normally
通知
tōng zhī
  1. 1 to notify
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 notice
  4. 4 notification
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
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
开通
kāi tōng
  1. 1 to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
亨通
hēng tōng
  1. 1 to go smoothly
  2. 2 prosperous
  3. 3 going well
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
南通
Nán tōng
  1. 1 Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu
卡通
kǎ tōng
  1. 1 cartoon (loanword)
圆通
yuán tōng
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 accommodating
想通
xiǎng tōng
  1. 1 to figure out
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to become convinced
  4. 4 to come round (to an idea)
  5. 5 to get over it
打通
dǎ tōng
  1. 1 to open access
  2. 2 to establish contact
  3. 3 to remove a block
  4. 4 to put through (a phone connection)
接通
jiē tōng
  1. 1 to connect
  2. 2 to put through
扑通
pū tōng
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of object falling into water
  2. 2 plop
普普通通
pǔ pǔ tōng tōng
  1. 1 ordinary
  2. 2 mediocre
  3. 3 nothing special

Idioms (20)

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
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
  1. 1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
  1. 1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to reciprocate with material assistance
条条大路通罗马
tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ
  1. 1 all roads lead to Rome
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
水泄不通
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
无师自通
wú shī zì tōng
  1. 1 self-taught
  2. 2 to learn without a teacher (idiom)
万事亨通
wàn shì hēng tōng
  1. 1 everything is going smoothly (idiom)
通天彻地
tōng tiān chè dì
  1. 1 to know all under heaven
  2. 2 exceptionally talented (idiom)
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. 1 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2 day and night

Sample Sentences

用来放毛笔的东西叫做“笔帘”，可以随身携带毛笔，笔帘通风，就不用担心毛笔发霉。
yònglái fàng máobǐ de dōngxi jiàozuò “bǐlián ”，kěyǐ suíshēn xiédài máobǐ ，bǐlián tōngfēng ，jiù bùyòng dānxīn máobǐ fāméi 。
The item we use to store the pens are called "bi lian - pen curtain". You can bring it with you anywhere. It keeps the brushes aired so you don't have to worry about the brushes going mouldy.
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空调控温、自动食槽、风机通风……这个夏天，浙江省丽水市康达生态养殖场里，三千头小猪过上了清洁安静的“智能生活”。
kōngtiáo kòngwēn 、zìdòng shícáo 、fēngjī tōngfēng ……zhège xiàtiān ，ZhèjiāngShěng Líshuǐshì kāngdá shēngtài yǎngzhíchǎng lǐ ，sān qiān tóu xiǎozhū guòshàng le qīngjié ānjìng de “zhìnéng shēnghuó ”。
Temperature control AC, automatic trough, fan ventilation... This summer, in an ecological farm in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 3000 piglets in the farm experienced clean and quiet “smart living”.
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我从背后抱他，把他的头和身体稍稍抬高一点。这样利于呼吸。他现在是休克伴昏迷，你们赶快把窗全打开，大家不要挤在这里。要保持通风。他怎么会突然晕倒了？
wǒ cóng bèihòu bào tā ，bǎ tā de tóu hé shēntǐ shāoshāo táigāo yīdiǎn 。zhèyàng lìyú hūxī 。tā xiànzài shì xiūkè bàn hūnmí ，nǐmen gǎnkuài bǎ chuāng quán dǎkāi ，dàjiā bùyào jǐ zài zhèlǐ 。yào bǎochí tōngfēng 。tā zěnme huì tūrán yūndǎo le ？
I’ll hold him from behind to keep his head and body slightly elevated. This helps breathing. He is in shock now. Open all the windows now. Don’t gather around him. We need to keep the air circulation. How did he faint all of a sudden?
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是啊，工期有点延误了。等全部完工后，通风还要两个礼拜。
shì a ，gōngqī yǒudiǎnr yánwù le 。děng quánbù wángōng hòu ，tōngfēng hái yào liǎng ge lǐbài 。
Yeah, the project time will have to be pushed back a bit. When everything is finished, we'll need at least two weeks to let it air out.
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