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tǒng

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tǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǒng | tong3
English translation
bucket
(trash) can
barrel (of oil etc)
CL:
>[gè], zhī
> zhǐ [zhī]
bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg

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About tǒng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

tǒng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of tǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木甬

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tǒng

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小心 xiǎoxīn tǒng fān le .

He kicked over the pail through carelessness.

男孩 nán hái qiāo 铁桶发出 fā chū 刺耳 cì ěr de 声音 shēngyīn .

The boy jarred against a broken metal pail.

突然 tūrán 昏倒 hūn dǎo le , gěi le tǒng Shuǐ 后他 jiù 苏醒 sūxǐng 过来 guò lái le .

He fainted suddenly, a bucket of water fetched him round.

yòng zhè ruǎn 把桶 Sāi shǎng .

Use this wad of cloth to plug the barrel.

men 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào , tǒng Shuǐ dào 身上 shēn shang le .

As a joke, they doused him with a bucket of water.

Words with tǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tǒng bucket tǒng
马桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot馬桶
垃圾桶 lājītǒng rubbish bin垃圾桶 lājītǒng
水桶 shuǐ tǒng bucket水桶 shuǐ tǒng
饭桶 fàn tǒng (fig.) fathead飯桶
木桶 mù tǒng cask木桶 mù tǒng
抽水马桶 chōu shuǐ mǎ tǒng flush toilet抽水馬桶
便桶 biàn tǒng chamber pot便桶 biàn tǒng

tǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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tǒng Decomposition

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