桶 (tǒng): bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc)
桶 (tǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “bucket.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 甬 (phonetic). It ranks #2334 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 桶 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- bucket
- (trash) can
- barrel (of oil etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马桶 | mǎ tǒng | chamber pot |
| 垃圾桶 | lā jī tǒng | rubbish bin |
| 饭桶 | fàn tǒng | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) |
| 水桶 | shuǐ tǒng | bucket |
| 木桶 | mù tǒng | cask |
| 抽水马桶 | chōu shuǐ mǎ tǒng | flush toilet |
| 便桶 | biàn tǒng | chamber pot |
| 箍桶匠 | gū tǒng jiàng | cooper |
| 第一桶金 | dì yī tǒng jīn | the first pot of gold |
| 桶装水 | tǒng zhuāng shuǐ | 18.9 liter bottled water (5 gallons) |
| 半桶水 | bàn tǒng shuǐ | (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited |
| 马桶拔子 | mǎ tǒng bá zi | toilet plunger |
| 大桶 | dà tǒng | barrel |
| 马桶搋子 | mǎ tǒng chuāi zi | toilet plunger |
| 桶口 | tǒng kǒu | bunghole |
桶 appears in 23 compound words: 13 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 桶 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这片森桶里生活着许多珍稀的野生动物。
zhè piān sēn tǒng lǐ shēng huó zhe xǔ duō zhēn xī de yě shēng dòng wù .
This forest is home to many rare and endangered wildlife species.
...C+拟4月恢复小幅增产 每日增13.7万桶原油
. . . C nǐ 4 yuè huī fù xiǎo fú zēng chǎn měi rì zēng 1 3 . 7 wàn tǒng yuán yóu
... C+ plans to resume a slight increase in production in April, increasing by 137,000 barrels of crude oil per day
台北101风水池民众提桶装 贾永婕急喊话
tái běi 1 0 1 fēng shuǐ chí mín zhòng tí tǒng zhuāng gǔ yǒng 婕 jí hǎn huà
Taipei 101 Feng Shui Pool People carry buckets Jia Yongjie shouted urgently
牛池湾纪律部队宿舍失火 近天台后楼梯垃圾桶焚毁
niú chí wān jì lǜ bù duì sù shě shī huǒ jìn tiān tái hòu lóu tī lā jī tǒng fén huǐ
A fire broke out in the Niu Chi Wan Disciplined Forces dormitory and burned the trash can on the back stairs near the roof
...艺谋回应在电影《惊蛰无声》中“间谍在垃圾桶交接手..
. . . yì móu huí yīng zài diàn yǐng jīng 蛰 wú shēng zhōng jiān dié zài lā jī tǒng jiāo jiē shǒu . .
... Yimou responded in the movie "Silent Insting", "The spy takes over in the trash can:
...律宾海警在我南沙群岛附近海域扔下两个黑色桶状物,..
. . . lǜ bīn hǎi jǐng zài wǒ nán shā qún dǎo fù jìn hǎi yù rēng xià liǎng gè hēi sè tǒng zhuàng wù , . .
... The Lubin Coast Guard dropped two black barrels in the waters near the Spratly Islands,..
有带马桶和淋浴的房间吗?
Yǒu dài mǎtǒng hé línyù de fángjiān ma?
Do you have any rooms with a shower and toilet?
如果我的大脑在大桶里,我就不会写这个了。
Rúguǒ wǒ de dànǎo zài dàtǒng lǐ, wǒ jiù bù huì xiě zhège le.
If I were a brain in a vat, I wouldn't write this.
我在桶子里装满了水。
Wǒ zài tǒng zǐ lǐ zhuāngmǎn le shuǐ.
I filled the bucket with water.
我将水倒入了桶中。
Wǒ jiāng shuǐ dào rù le tǒng zhōng.
I poured water into the bucket.
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