tǒng

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of

捅 means to poke; to stab; to prick; to nudge; to tap with elbow. Pronounced tǒng. HSK 7-9.

  • to poke; to stab; to prick
  • to nudge; to tap with elbow
  • to expose; to reveal; to uncover

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

xiǎo
xīn
yòng
qiān
tǒng
le
xià
zhuō
zi
 

He accidentally poked the desk with a pencil.

Dǎi
yòng
dāo
tǒng
le
rén
hòu
táo
pǎo
le
 

The thug stabbed a passerby and then fled.

Xiǎo
māo
shā
tào
tǒng
le
xiǎo
dòng
 

The kitten poked a small hole in the sofa cover.

yòng
zhú
gān竿
tǒng
xià
le
shù
shàng
de
zǎo
zi
 

He used a bamboo pole to knock down the jujubes from the tree.

Xiāo
fáng
yuán
yòng
tóu
tǒng
kāi
le
jǐn
suǒ
de
mén
 

The firefighters used an axe to break open the locked gate.