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话筒

huà tǒng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 話筒

What 话筒 means

1. microphone
2. (telephone) receiver; handset
3. megaphone
4. (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson

The characters in 话筒

• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

Example sentences

• 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.
• 冷不防，老师让每个国家的学生用话筒给大家讲一下自己来哈尔滨的原因。
  Lěngbufáng, lǎoshī ràng měi gè guójiā de xuésheng yòng huàtǒng gěi dàjiā jiǎng yīxià zìjǐ lái Hā'ěrbīn de yuányīn.
  Without warning, the teachers ask students from each country to take the microphone and explain to everyone their reasons for coming to Harbin.