通關

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (通關)		通	關
simp. (通关)		通	关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gwaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûng-kôan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: tūng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongguan
    • Palladius: тунгуань (tunguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gwaan¹
    • Yale: tūng gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûng-kôan
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung´ guan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung¹ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-koan
    • Tâi-lô: thong-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/

Verb

通⫽關 (verb-object)

1. to go through customs; to pass through customs

   海關通關／海关通关  ―  hǎiguān tōngguān  ―  customs clearance

2. to open borders
3. (games) to clear a level; to go through to the next level; to clear all levels

Synonyms

• (to go through customs):

• 清關／清关 (qīngguān)
• 結關／结关 (jiéguān)

 

Derived terms

• 通關機／通关机 (tōngguānjī)