大通

Dàtōng

proper noun #45,284

Meanings

1 Datong (place name)
2 Datong Hui-Tu Autonomous County in Qinghai
3 Datong District in Anhui's Huainan City

Characters

to connect; through

Examples

HSK 4

他老家在淮南市大通区。

Tā lǎojiā zài Huáinán shì Dàtōng qū.

His hometown is in Datong District of Huainan City.

HSK 5

大通县位于青海省西宁市北部。

Dàtōng xiàn wèiyú Qīnghǎi shěng Xīníng shì běibù.

Datong County is in northern Xining, Qinghai Province.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse 大通 (Dàtōng) with 大同 (Dàtóng), the famous coal city in Shanxi. The most prominent 大通 administrative units are Qinghai's 大通回族土族自治县 (a Hui-Tu autonomous county) and Anhui's 大通区 in Huainan.

Stroke Order

大 dà

通 tōng