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HSK 2 · Coming & going

通过

tōng guò

to pass; by means of

Stroke order of 通过

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

通 · 10 strokes过 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Connect (通) pass (过): by means of.

Parts: 通 through + 过 pass

The characters in 通过

  • 通 tōng — to connect; to go through (10 strokes)
  • 过 guo — (past experience particle) (6 strokes)

Example sentence

我通过了考试。

I passed the exam.

Words with 通

普通ordinary; common普通话Mandarin通知to notify; notice交通traffic; transport通to connect; to go through通信to correspond; communication通常usually; normally

Words with 过

过(past experience particle)过去the past; to go over难过sad; upset不过but; however超过to exceed; to surpass过年to celebrate the New Year走过to walk past过来to come over经过to pass; through见过to have seen过程process

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter离开to leave走过to walk past走进to walk into走开to go away过来to come over经过to pass; through通to connect; to go through站住to stop; halt停to stop排row; to line up排队to queue靠to lean on; to depend on身边by one's side

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