筒 tǒng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 同 same, similar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
筒
tǒng
tube; cylinder
Character
Example phrases
- 考古人员在竹筒里发现了保存完好的古代文书。 Kǎogǔ rényuán zài zhútǒng lǐ fāxiàn le bǎocún wánhǎo de gǔdài wénshū. Archaeologists found well-preserved ancient documents inside a bamboo tube.
- 洗手间的角落里堆着几个用完的纸筒。 Xǐshǒujiān de jiǎoluò lǐ duīzhe jǐ gè yòngwán de zhǐtǒng. In the corner of the bathroom a few empty cardboard tubes are piled up.
- 孩子们把硬币投进竹筒，发出了清脆的声音。 Háizimen bǎ yìngbì tóu jìn zhútǒng, fāchūle qīngcuì de shēngyīn. The children dropped coins into the bamboo tube, and it made a crisp sound.
Related words
- 话筒 huàtǒng microphone
- 凸 tū convex; protruding
- 直径 zhíjìng diameter
- 椭圆 tuǒyuán ellipse; oval
- 一面 yímiàn one side; one aspect; at the same time
- 外在 wàizài external; outward
- 线条 xiàntiáo line; contour; stroke
- 袖珍 xiùzhēn pocket-sized; miniature
- 图形 túxíng shape; figure; graphic form
- 微型 wēixíng miniature; micro-
- 响亮 xiǎngliàng loud and clear; resounding
- 微观 wēiguān microscopic; micro-level