Chinese word dictionary

通货

tōng huò · currency; (old) exchange of goods

Practice word

Word information

Simplified通货

Traditional通貨

Pinyintōng huò

Part of speechn

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

通tōng

to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common

货huò

products, merchandise; goods, commodities

How to learn 通货

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.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

货huò

goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]

交通jiāotōng

to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

普通pǔtōng

common; ordinary; general; average

普通话pǔtōnghuà

Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech

通tōng

to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

通过tōngguò

to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via