不通

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not; no	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (不通)		不	通
simp. ^#(不通)		不	通

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùtōng
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùtong
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tʻung¹
  - Yale: bù-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butong
  - Palladius: бутун (butun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ tung¹
  - Yale: bāt tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

不通

to be obstructed; to be unable to get through
此路不通。 ― Cǐ lù bùtōng. ― No through road.
to not understand
- 夷狄之人貪而好利，被髮左衽，人面獸心。其與中國殊章服，異習俗，飲食不同，言語不通，辟居北垂寒露之野，逐草隨畜，射獵為生，隔以山谷，雍以沙幕，天地所以絕外內也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夷狄之人贪而好利，被发左衽，人面兽心。其与中国殊章服，异习俗，饮食不同，言语不通，辟居北垂寒露之野，逐草随畜，射猎为生，隔以山谷，雍以沙幕，天地所以绝外内也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Yídí zhī rén tān ér hǎolì, bèifà zuǒrèn, rénmiànshòuxīn. Qí yǔ Zhōngguó shū zhāngfú, yì xísú, yǐnshí bùtóng, yányǔ bùtōng, pì jū běichuí hánlù zhī yě, zhú cǎo suí xù, shèliè wèishēng, gé yǐ shāngǔ, yōng yǐ shāmù, tiāndì suǒyǐ jué wàinèi yě. [Pinyin]
  The Yi and the Di people are greedy and desirous of gain; they wear their hair down their backs and fasten their garments on the left; they have human faces but the hearts of wild beasts. Their ceremonial garments differ from those worn in the Central States [of China]; their customs and diet differ from ours; and our languages are mutually unintelligible. They dwell far away, in the cold, on the bare lands of the north, driving their herds in pursuit of pasture, and hunting with the bow and arrow in order to sustain themselves. They are separated from us by mountains and valleys and cut off by the desert. By these means did Heaven and Earth divide inner from outer.

Synonyms

(to be unable to get through):

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Synonyms of 不通

堵塞 (dǔsè)
堵截 (dǔjié)
堵窒 (Min Nan)
截 (jié)
梗塞 (gěngsè)
蔽塞 (bìsè) (literary)
蔽障 (bìzhàng)
遮 (zhē) (literary, or in compounds)
阻住 (Cantonese)
阻塞 (zǔsè)
阻窒 (Min Nan)
妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
徑杈／径杈 (Hakka)
掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
擋／挡 (dǎng)
擋住／挡住 (dǎngzhù)
攔／拦 (lán)

攔住／拦住 (lánzhù)
攔截／拦截 (lánjié)
攔擋／拦挡 (lándǎng)
攔閘／拦闸 (Min Nan)
攔阻／拦阻 (lánzǔ)
有礙／有碍 (yǒu'ài)
滯滯／滞滞 (Min Nan)
滯礙／滞碍 (zhì'ài)
礙噠／碍哒 (Xiang)
窒礙／窒碍 (zhì'ài) (literary)
閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)
阻撓／阻挠 (zǔnáo)
阻擋／阻挡 (zǔdǎng)
阻攔／阻拦 (zǔlán)
阻滯／阻滞 (zǔzhì)
阻礙／阻碍 (zǔ'ài)
障礙／障碍 (zhàng'ài)

(to not understand):

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Synonyms of 不通

不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
不曉得 (bù xiǎodé)
不知道 (bù zhīdào)
不懂 (bùdǒng)
不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
不知 (bùzhī)
不解 (bùjiě)

唔知 (Cantonese)
毋知 (Min Nan, Hakka)
毋知影 (Min Nan)
曉不得／晓不得
母雞／母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)
𣍐仈／𫧃仈 (Min Dong)

Antonyms

(to be unable to get through):

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放行 (fàngxíng)
通行 (tōngxíng)

暢通／畅通 (chàngtōng)

(to not understand):

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Antonyms of 不通

了解 (liǎojiě)
悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
懂 (dǒng)
懂得 (dǒngde)
打生 (Wenzhounese)
把握 (bǎwò)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
明 (míng) (Cantonese)
明白 (míngbai)
洞悉 (dòngxī)
清亮 (qīngliàng) (mainland China)
清楚 (qīngchu)
熟似 (Min Nan)
熟悉 (shúxī)
熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
理解 (lǐjiě)
知影 (Min Nan)
知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
知道 (zhīdao)
通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
醒悟 (xǐngwù)
佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)

參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
瞭然／了然 (liǎorán)
知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
認識／认识 (rènshi)
諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
通達／通达 (tōngdá)
達／达 (dá) (literary, or in compounds)
開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

Adjective

不通

(of writing) unclear and incoherent

Antonyms

通順／通顺 (tōngshùn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 不通 – see 伓通 (“don't; do not; must not; do not have to; should not”). (This term, 不通, is a variant form of 伓通.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	通
ふ Grade: 4	つう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ふつう [fùtsúú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝː]

Homophone: 普通

Noun

不(ふ)通(つう) • (futsū)

interruption, stoppage, cessation