筒

Tube in Chinese: 筒 (tǒng)

tǒng

tube

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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筒

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄨㄥˇ

tǒng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 他把画卷起来，放进一个纸筒里。

    tā bǎ huà juǎn qǐ lái， fàng jìn yí gè zhǐ tǒng lǐ。

    He rolled up the painting and put it into a paper tube.

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Related words

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huà tǒng

microphone

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

头衔

tóu xián

title

头晕

tóu yūn

dizzy

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