tung1 hong4通航
Jyutpingtung1 hong4
Yaletūng hòhng
Definition
To be open to navigation or air traffic, with ships or planes running between two places.
neutraltransporttravel
How it's used
Primarily used in formal or news contexts to describe the establishment of transportation links between two regions. It implies a state of operational readiness for commercial vessels or aircraft rather than just the physical existence of a route.
Examples
After the two places opened up to air traffic, traveling became much more convenient.
When can this route officially open for navigation?
Related words
Common phrases
officially open to traffic
resume navigation or air traffic
Grammar color guide
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Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
