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听筒

tīng tǒng

2-character word Traditional 聽筒

What 听筒 means

1. telephone receiver
2. headphone; earphone; earpiece
3. stethoscope

The characters in 听筒

• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

Example sentences

• 我把听筒放到了耳边。
  Wǒ bǎ tīngtǒng fàng dào le ěr biān.
  I put the receiver to my ear.