通用 tōngyòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
How to remember 通用: 通 pass through + 用 to use (Kangxi radical 101) = to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc).
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How it is used
- Universally usable / interchangeable - 全国通用 (quánguó tōngyòng) valid nationwide, 通用货币 (tōngyòng huòbì) common currency.
- Means something works everywhere or across cases, or that two things can substitute for each other (这两个词通用).
- Common for standards, currencies, tickets, and language.
Example sentences
- 英语现已成为世界上许多国家的通用语言了。 Yīngyǔ xiànyǐ chéngwéi shìjiè shàng xǔduō guójiā de tōngyòng yǔyán le.English has now become the common language of several nations in the world.