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桶

tǒng

HSK 4 Character Measure word 个、只

What 桶 means

1. bucket
2. (trash) can
3. barrel (of oil etc)

Example sentences

• 做个桶滚。
  Do a barrel roll.
• 给我一桶水。
  Bring me a bucket of water.
• 垃圾桶空了。
  The bin is empty.
• 你在通马桶。
  You were unclogging toilets.
• 这个桶有个洞。
  Zhège tǒng yǒu gè dòng.
  This bucket has a hole in it.
• 把水装满桶子。
  Fill the bucket with water.

Words starting with 桶

• 桶口tǒng kǒubunghole; see 桶孔
• 桶孔tǒng kǒngbunghole
• 桶装水tǒng zhuāng shuǐ18.9 liter bottled water (5 gallons)

Words containing 桶

• 垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin; trash can; garbage can
• 马桶mǎ tǒngchamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
• 水桶shuǐ tǒngbucket
• 木桶mù tǒngcask
• 大桶dà tǒngbarrel; vat
• 抽水马桶chōu shuǐ mǎ tǒngflush toilet
• 饭桶fàn tǒngrice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead…
• 便桶biàn tǒngchamber pot
• 冰桶bīng tǒngice bucket
• 喷桶pēn tǒngwatering can
• 半桶水bàn tǒng shuǐ(colloquial) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked
• 坐浴桶zuò yù tǒngbidet
• 马桶刷mǎ tǒng shuātoilet brush
• 马桶拔子mǎ tǒng bá zitoilet plunger
• 洗涤桶xǐ dí tǒngwashtub
• 箍桶gū tǒnghooped barrel; to handmake a wooden barrel
• 箍桶匠gū tǒng jiàngcooper; hooper
• 箍桶店gū tǒng diàncoopery
• 马桶搋子mǎ tǒng chuāi zitoilet plunger
• 第一桶金dì yī tǒng jīnthe first pot of gold; the initial profits from an economic endeavour

Characters built on 甬

These share the phonetic component 甬 (yǒng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 桶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

Sounds the same

Read tǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 统to gather; to unite; to unify
• 筒tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 捅to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 綂old variant of 统
• 甬variant of 桶; (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)