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开通

kāi tōng · kai tong/kāi tong · kai tong

Traditional 開通

HSK 6

Meaning

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kāi tōng 開通

  1. to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

kāi tong 開通

  1. open-minded
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The new subway line

  1. Liangliang

    听说(tīngshuō)我们(wǒmen)这儿(zhèr)的(de)地铁(dìtiě)下个月(xiàgèyuè)开通(kāitōng)。

    I heard our subway line opens next month.

  2. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！以后(yǐhòu)去(qù)公司(gōngsī)只要(zhǐyào)二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    Great! To the office will take just twenty minutes.

  3. Liangliang

    现在(xiànzài)要(yào)坐(zuò)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)的(de)公交车(gōngjiāochē)。

    Now it takes an hour by bus.

  4. Dengdeng

    地铁(dìtiě)开通(kāitōng)以后(yǐhòu)，我(wǒ)可以(kěyǐ)多(duō)睡(shuì)四十(sìshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    After the subway opens, I can sleep forty more minutes.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)地铁站(dìtiězhàn)在(zài)公司(gōngsī)的(de)另一边(lìngyībiān)。

    But the station is on the other side of the office.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)就(jiù)多(duō)走(zǒu)二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)，当(dāng)锻炼(duànliàn)。

    Then I will walk twenty more minutes. It counts as exercise.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

新(xīn)开(kāi)通(tōng)的(de)地(dì)铁(tiě)线(xiàn)路(lù)方(fāng)便(biàn)了(le)市(shì)民(mín)出(chū)行(xíng)。

The newly opened subway line has made travel more convenient for citizens.

02

他(tā)思(sī)想(xiǎng)开(kāi)通(tōng)，愿(yuàn)意(yì)接(jiē)受(shòu)新(xīn)事(shì)物(wù)。

He is open-minded and willing to accept new things.

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