Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 琴通尼
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
piano; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]
交通jiāotōngto be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison
普通pǔtōngcommon; ordinary; general; average
普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech
琴qínguqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general; variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither
通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc