桶

Bucket in Chinese: 桶 (tǒng)

tǒng

bucket

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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桶

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄥˇ

tǒng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 妈妈拿了一桶水来浇花。

    mā ma ná le yì tǒng shuǐ lái jiāo huā。

    Mom brought a bucket of water to water the flowers.

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Related words

马桶

mǎ tǒng

chamber pot

垃圾桶

lā jī tǒng

rubbish bin

筒

tǒng

tube

痛心

tòng xīn

grieved

偷看

tōu kàn

to peep

偷窥

tōu kuī

to peep

偷懒

tōu lǎn

to goof off

头部

tóu bù

head

头顶

tóu dǐng

top of the head

头号

tóu hào

first rate

头条

tóu tiáo

lead story (on the news)

头头是道

tóu tóu shì dào

clear and logical

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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