# 不通
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùtōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ tung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùtōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùtong
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-tʻung$^1$
*** Yale: bù-tūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butong
*** Palladius: бутун (butun)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ tung$^1$
*** Yale: bāt tūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ tung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ tung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

#### Verb

不通
* to be obstructed; to be unable to get through
    此路不通。 ― Cǐ lù bùtōng. ― No through road.
* to not understand
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Yídí zhī rén tān ér hǎolì, bèifà zuǒrèn, rénmiànshòuxīn. Qí yǔ Zhōngguó shū zhāngfú, yì xísú, yǐnshí bùtóng, yányǔ bùtōng, pì jū běichuí hánlù zhī yě, zhú cǎo suí xù, shèliè wèishēng, gé yǐ shāngǔ, yōng yǐ shāmù, tiāndì suǒyǐ jué wàinèi yě. [Pinyin]
    The Yi and the Di people are greedy and desirous of gain; they wear their hair down their backs and fasten their garments on the left; they have human faces but the hearts of wild beasts. Their ceremonial garments differ from those worn in the Central States [of China]; their customs and diet differ from ours; and our languages are mutually unintelligible. They dwell far away, in the cold, on the bare lands of the north, driving their herds in pursuit of pasture, and hunting with the bow and arrow in order to sustain themselves. They are separated from us by mountains and valleys and cut off by the desert. By these means did Heaven and Earth divide inner from outer.

##### Synonyms

* (to be unable to get through):
* 堵塞
* 堵截 (dǔjié)
* 堵窒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
* 徑杈／径杈 (Hakka)
* 截 (jié)
* 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
* 擋／挡
* 擋住／挡住 (dǎngzhù)
* 攔／拦 (lán)
* 攔住／拦住 (lánzhù)
* 攔截／拦截 (lánjié)
* 攔擋／拦挡 (lándǎng)
* 攔閘／拦闸 (Hokkien)
* 攔阻／拦阻 (lánzǔ)
* 有礙／有碍 (yǒu'ài)
* 梗塞
* 滯滯／滞滞 (Hokkien)
* 滯礙／滞碍 (zhì'ài)
* 礙噠／碍哒 (ngai$^5$ da) (Xiang)
* 窒礙／窒碍 (zhì'ài) (literary)
* 蔽塞 (bìsè) (literary)
* 蔽障 (bìzhàng)
* 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
* 邀 (yāo)
* 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)
* 阻住 (zo$^2$ zyu$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 阻塞
* 阻撓／阻挠 (zǔnáo)
* 阻擋／阻挡 (zǔdǎng)
* 阻攔／阻拦 (zǔlán)
* 阻滯／阻滞 (zǔzhì)
* 阻礙／阻碍 (zǔ'ài)
* 阻窒 (Hokkien)
* 障礙／障碍 (zhàng'ài)
* (to not understand):
* 不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
* 不懂 (bùdǒng)
* 不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
* 不曉得／不晓得 (bù xiǎodé)
* 不知 (bùzhī)
* 不知道 (bù zhīdào)
* 不解 (bùjiě)
* 唔知 (Cantonese)
* 曉不得／晓不得
* 𣍐仈／𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
* 毋知 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 毋知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 母雞／母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to be unable to get through”):
* 放行 (fàngxíng)
* 暢通／畅通 (chàngtōng)
* 通行 (tōngxíng)
* (antonym(s) of “to not understand”):
* 了解 (liǎojiě)
* 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
* 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
* 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
* 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 懂 (dǒng)
* 懂得 (dǒngde)
* 打生 (Wenzhounese)
* 把握 (bǎwò)
* 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
* 明 (ming$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 明白
* 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
* 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
* 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
* 洞悉 (dòngxī)
* 清亮 (mainland China)
* 清楚
* 熟似 (Hokkien)
* 熟悉 (shúxī)
* 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
* 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
* 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
* 理解 (lǐjiě)
* 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
* 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
* 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
* 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
* 知道
* 覺／觉
* 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
* 覺醒／觉醒 (juéxǐng)
* 認識／认识
* 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
* 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
* 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
* 通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
* 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
* 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
* 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
* 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
* 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
* 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
* 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
* 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

#### Adjective

不通
* (of writing) unclear and incoherent

##### Antonyms

* 通順／通顺 (tōngshùn)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 不通 – see 伓通 (“don't; do not; must not; do not have to; should not”). (This term is a variant form of 伓通).

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 通 |
| ふ Grade: 4 | つう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふつう [fùtsúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟t͡sɨː]
* Homophone: 普通

### Noun

不(ふ)通(つう) • (futsū)
* interruption, stoppage, cessation