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tǒng

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tǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǒng | tong3
English translation
tube
cylinder
to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
variant of tǒng [tǒng]
tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo

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About tǒng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

tǒng

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of tǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮同

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

tóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and tóng represents the sound. Originally written as tóng .

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Example sentences using tǒng

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盗贼 dào zéi jiāng 手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng zhào jìn 黑暗 hēi àn de 房间 fángjiān .

The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.

yòng 手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng zhào 这个 zhè ge 标签 biāo qiān ,我们 wǒmen hǎo 看得见 kàn dé jiàn .

Shine the torch on so that we can read the labels.

qǐng 手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng Cóng 这儿 zhè r wǎng xià zhào .

Shine the torch down here, please.

qǐng yòng 手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng zhào Fáng chuán .

Shine the torch up into the rafters, please.

qǐng 手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng Xiàng wài zhào .

Shine the torch out, please.

Words with tǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tǒng tube tǒng
话筒 huàtǒng microphone話筒
手电筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight手電筒
电筒 diàn tǒng flashlight電筒
火箭筒 huǒ jiàn tǒng bazooka火箭筒 huǒ jiàn tǒng
听筒 tīng tǒng headphone聽筒
滚筒 gǔn tǒng roller滾筒
圆筒 yuán tǒng drum圓筒
邮筒 yóu tǒng mailbox郵筒
筒子 tǒng zi tube筒子 tǒng zi
竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube竹筒 zhú tǒng
万花筒 wàn huā tǒng kaleidoscope萬花筒
笔筒 bǐ tǒng pen container筆筒
套筒 tào tǒng sleeve套筒 tào tǒng
甜筒 tián tǒng ice-cream cone甜筒 tián tǒng
气筒 qì tǒng inflator氣筒
出气筒 chū qì tǒng (metaphorical) punching bag出氣筒
烟筒 yān tong chimney煙筒
传声筒 chuán shēng tǒng loudhailer傳聲筒
量筒 liáng tǒng volumetric cylinder量筒 liáng tǒng
信筒 xìn tǒng mailbox信筒 xìn tǒng
打气筒 dǎ qì tǒng bicycle pump打氣筒

tǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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tǒng Decomposition

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