通用

tōng yòngㄊㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)

  2. 2

    to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)

  3. 3

    (of two or more things) interchangeable

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英語是很多國家通用的語言。

English is spoken in a lot of countries.

英语现已成为世界上许多国家的通用语言了。

英語現已成爲世界上許多國家的通用語言了。

English has now become the common language of several nations in the world.

英語是一種全世界通用的語言。

English is a language spoken all over the world.

在商朝,貝朋為通用貨幣。

Seashells were the legal tender in the Shang dynasty.