Chinese symbol for “proficient”
通晓
tōng xiǎo
Traditional: 通曉
proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through
The closest CC-CEDICT match for proficient is 通晓 (tōng xiǎo), defined as: proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “proficient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精 | jīng | essence; extract |
| 熟练 (熟練) | shú liàn | practiced; proficient |
| 纯熟 (純熟) | chún shú | skillful; proficient |
| 博识 (博識) | bó shí | knowledgeable; erudite |
| 谙练 (諳練) | ān liàn | conversant; skilled |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 通晓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 晓得 (曉得) | xiǎo de | to know |
| 知晓 (知曉) | zhī xiǎo | to know; to understand |
See also: Japanese symbol for “proficient”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.