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筒

tǒng

HSK 6 Character

What 筒 means

1. tube
2. cylinder
3. to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

Other readings

筒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tǒngvariant of {筒|tǒng}

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.
• 珍想要一个冰淇淋甜筒。
  Zhēn xiǎngyào yī gè bīngqílín tiántǒng.
  Jane wanted an ice cream cone.
• 汤姆给了玛丽一把手电筒。
  Tāngmǔ gěi le Mǎlì yī bǎ shǒudiàntǒng.
  Tom gave Mary a flashlight.
• 她用手捂住了电话的话筒。
  Tā yòng shǒu wǔzhù le diànhuà de huàtǒng.
  She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.
• 没有手电筒的话你什么都看不到
  You won't be able to see anything without a flashlight.
• 没有手电筒的话，你啥都看不到。
  You won't be able to see anything without a flashlight.

Words starting with 筒

• 筒子tǒng zitube-shaped object; tube; bobbin
• 筒灯tǒng dēngfluorescent tube or light
• 筒阀tǒng fáa sleeve valve
• 筒鼓tǒng gǔtom-tom drum (drum kit component)
• 筒子米糕tǒng zǐ mǐ gāorice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and…

Words containing 筒

• 话筒huà tǒngmicrophone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone
• 听筒tīng tǒngtelephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
• 手电筒shǒu diàn tǒngflashlight; electric hand torch
• 电筒diàn tǒngflashlight
• 竹筒zhú tǒngbamboo tube; bamboo pipe
• 万花筒wàn huā tǒngkaleidoscope
• 邮筒yóu tǒngmailbox; pillar box; (old) letter
• 垃圾筒lā jī tǒngtrashcan
• 笔筒bǐ tǒngpen container; brush pot
• 烟筒yān tongchimney; stovepipe; smokestack
• 信筒xìn tǒngmailbox; postbox
• 圆筒yuán tǒngcircular cylinder; drum
• 套筒tào tǒngsleeve; a tube for wrapping
• 枪筒qiāng tǒngbarrel of a gun
• 气筒qì tǒnginflator; bicycle pump
• 滚筒gǔn tǒngroller; cylinder (machine part); drum
• 甜筒tián tǒngice-cream cone
• 号筒hào tǒngbugle
• 袖筒xiù tǒngsleeve
• 裤筒kù tǒngtrouser leg
• 量筒liáng tǒnggraduated measuring cylinder; volumetric cylinder
• 针筒zhēn tǒngsyringe
• 传声筒chuán shēng tǒngloudhailer; megaphone; one who parrots sb
• 出气筒chū qì tǒng(metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath

Characters built on 同

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

• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 铜tóngcopper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 酮tóngketone
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 恫dòngfrighten
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 硐tónggrind
• 侗tóngignorant

Characters that look like 筒

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

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 剪jiǎn(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 笛díflute
• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 筐kuāngbasket
• 皙xī(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

Sounds the same

Read tǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桶bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 统to gather; to unite; to unify
• 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)