打通
daa2 tung1dǎ tōng
English
- to open access
- to establish contact
- to remove a block
- to put through (a phone connection)
- to get through (esp. for making phone calls); to open a way; to connect
- to break through (esp. for walls between flats or rooms)
- to connect
粵語 — Cantonese
- 打電話嗰陣駁通線
- 拆咗兩間房之間嗰幅牆,令兩者相通
- 連接兩樣嘢,令兩者相通
Examples
我想將呢兩間房打通。
I want to connect these two rooms together. ----
我今朝打過電話俾佢,不過打唔通。
I tried to call her this morning, but I couldn't get through. ----
東西走廊打通咗原有嘅西鐵線及馬鐵綫,成為目前嘅屯馬線。
The East-West Corridor connects the past West Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line, forming the current Tuen Ma Line.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk