联通

聯通
Liántōng
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Meanings

  1. 1 China Unicom (telecommunications carrier)
  2. 2 to link together / connect (generic verb)

Examples

Wǒ yòng de shì Liántōng de shǒujīhào.
I use a China Unicom phone number.
Dìtiě bǎ liǎng gè chéngqū liántōng qǐlái.
The subway connects the two urban districts.

Tips

culture
As a proper noun, 联通 is China Unicom (中国联通), one of the three state-owned telecom giants alongside 中国移动 (China Mobile) and 中国电信 (China Telecom). Founded 1994 to break the telecom monopoly. As a common verb (lowercase liántōng), it simply means 'to connect / link'.

Stroke Order

lián
tōng