English is a language spoken all over the world.
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通用
tōng yòng
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tōng yòng · tung1 jung6 (Jyutping)
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
- to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
- (of two or more things) interchangeable
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Character breakdown
通
- Meaning
- pass through; common; communicate
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿺辶甬
- Cangjie
- YNIB
- Four-corner
- 3730.2
用
- Meaning
- use, employ, apply, operate; use
- Radical
- 用
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿵冂？
- Cangjie
- BQ
- Four-corner
- 7722.0
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Example sentences
English has now become the common language of several nations in the world.
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