| 想不通 | xiǎng bu tōng | unable to understand; unable to get over |
| 通则 | tōng zé | general rule; general principle |
| 通宵 | tōng xiāo | overnight |
| 通融 | tōng róng | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan |
| 通量 | tōng liàng | flux |
| 通信卫星 | tōng xìn wèi xīng | communications satellite |
| 通明 | tōng míng | brightly lit |
| 通州 | Tōng zhōu | Tongzhou district east of Beijing, formerly Tong county; Tongzhou county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu |
| 串通 | chuàn tōng | to collude; to collaborate; to gang up |
| 大通 | Dà tōng | Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西宁, Qinghai |
| 通盘 | tōng pán | across the board; comprehensive; overall; global |
| 互通有无 | hù tōng yǒu wú | mutual exchange of assistance (idiom); to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; scratch each other's back |
| 通晓 | tōng xiǎo | proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through |
| 通例 | tōng lì | general rule; standard practice |
| 通畅 | tōng chàng | unobstructed; clear |
| 三通 | sān tōng | T-joint; T-piece; T-pipe; three links |
| 互通 | hù tōng | to intercommunicate; to interoperate |
| 通化 | Tōng huà | Tonghua prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China; also Tonghua county |
| 扑通 | pū tōng | onomat., sound of object falling into water; plop |
| 通力合作 | tōng lì hé zuò | to join forces; to give full cooperation |
| 通县 | Tōng xiàn | Tong county in Beijing |
| 通行证 | tōng xíng zhèng | a pass (authorization through a checkpoint); a laissez-passer or safe conduct; to authenticate; to confirm name and password on a website; fig. a condition giving access to benefits (e.g. a diploma as a pass to a career) |
| 数字通信 | shù zì tōng xìn | digital communications |
| 通婚 | tōng hūn | intermarry |
| 共通 | gòng tōng | in common; universal |
| 四通八达 | sì tōng bā dá | roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides |
| 通同 | tōng tóng | to collude; to gang up on |
| 通书 | tōng shū | almanac |
| 交通部 | jiāo tōng bù | Ministry of Transport; Transport Department |
| 通邮 | tōng yóu | to have postal communications |
| 一窍不通 | yī qiào bù tōng | I don't understand a word (idiom); all Greek to me |
| 水泄不通 | shuǐ xiè bù tōng | lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) |
| 通译 | tōng yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 连通器 | lián tōng qì | communicating vessels (in scientific experiment) |
| 通顺 | tōng shùn | smooth; clear and coherent |
| 一卡通 | Yī kǎ tōng | Yikatong (card) |
| 一通 | yī tòng | one time; once |
| 上海交通大学 | Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 不可通约 | bù kě tōng yuē | having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate |
| 不圆通 | bù yuán tōng | inflexible; unaccommodating |
| 中国交通建设 | Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Jiàn shè | China Communications Construction Company |
| 中国交通运输协会 | Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Yùn shū Xié huì | China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA) |
| 中国移动通信 | Zhōng guó yí dòng tōng xìn | China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company) |
| 中国联通 | Zhōng guó Lián tōng | China Unicom |
| 中国通 | Zhōng guó tōng | China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand |
| 中等普通教育 | zhōng děng pǔ tōng jiào yù | general middle school education |
| 事先通知 | shì xiān tōng zhī | preliminary notification; to announce in advance |
| 互相沟通 | hù xiāng gōu tōng | inter-communication |
| 互通性 | hù tōng xìng | interoperability (of communications equipment) |
| 五口通商 | wǔ kǒu tōng shāng | the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门 and Shanghai 上海 |
