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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 通话

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
通话 tōng huà - to hold a conversation
- to talk over the telephone
- phone call

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 2,488 9,440 8,617

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tōng- to go through
- to know well
- (suffix) expert
- to connect
- to communicate
- open
- to clear
- classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
tòng- classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
huà- dialect
- language
- spoken words
- speech
- talk
- words
- conversation
- what sb said
- CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
huà- old variant of 話|话[hua4]

Other Words Containing 通话

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
通话 - 6 2,488 9,440 8,617
普通话 3 2 21,308 8,288 5,825