筒 (tǒng): tube, cylinder, to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
筒 (tǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “tube.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 同 (phonetic). It ranks #2052 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 筒 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- tube
- cylinder
- to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 筒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手电筒 | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight |
| 火箭筒 | huǒ jiàn tǒng | bazooka |
| 电筒 | diàn tǒng | flashlight |
| 听筒 | tīng tǒng | telephone receiver |
| 邮筒 | yóu tǒng | mailbox |
| 圆筒 | yuán tǒng | circular cylinder |
| 出气筒 | chū qì tǒng | (metaphorical) punching bag |
| 万花筒 | wàn huā tǒng | kaleidoscope |
| 滚筒 | gǔn tǒng | roller |
| 竹筒 | zhú tǒng | bamboo tube |
| 筒子 | tǒng zi | tube-shaped object |
| 气筒 | qì tǒng | inflator |
| 笔筒 | bǐ tǒng | pen container |
| 套筒 | tào tǒng | sleeve |
| 传声筒 | chuán shēng tǒng | loudhailer |
筒 appears in 43 compound words: 12 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 23 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 筒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好筒字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo tǒng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "筒" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
影音/“蛇”么东西!民众急开手电筒顾蛇 捕蛇人到场扑空了
yǐng yīn shé má dōng xī ! mín zhòng jí kāi shǒu diàn tǒng gù shé bǔ shé rén dào chǎng pū kōng le
Video/"What on earth is that snake?!" People frantically shone flashlights at the snake, but the snake catcher arrived to find nothing there.
河北一场演出中歌手遭观众辱骂后用话筒打人
hé běi yī chǎng yǎn chū zhōng gē shǒu zāo guàn zhòng rǔ mà hòu yòng huà tǒng dǎ rén
At a concert in Hebei, a singer struck a member of the audience with a microphone after being verbally abused
头发|冇染发但头发变枯黄开岔?恐用风筒常洗头习惯出事!医生揭4习惯超伤发
tóu fā 冇 rǎn fā dàn tóu fā biàn kū huáng kāi chà ? kǒng yòng fēng tǒng cháng xǐ tóu xí guàn chū shì ! yī shēng jiē 4 xí guàn chāo shāng fā
Hair | Hair Turning Dry, Dull, and Split-Ended Without Dyeing? Your Habits of Frequent Hair Washing and Blow-Drying Might Be to Blame! Doctors Reveal 4 Habits That Are Extremely Damaging to Your Hair
徐若瑄51岁生日收惊喜!10岁儿掏存钱筒“买戒指送妈妈”
xú ruò 瑄 5 1 suì shēng rì shōu jīng xǐ ! 1 0 suì ér tāo cún qián tǒng mǎi jiè zhǐ sòng mā mā
Vicky Hsu Receives a Surprise on Her 51st Birthday! Her 10-Year-Old Son Empties His Piggy Bank to "Buy a Ring for Mom"
台南山上花园水道博物馆“水语森林”“唧筒象” 成走春新地标
tái nán shān shàng huā yuán shuǐ dào bó wù guǎn shuǐ yǔ sēn lín 唧 tǒng xiàng chéng zǒu chūn xīn dì biāo
Tainan Mountain Garden Waterway Museum "Water Language Forest" and "Tube Elephant" have become new landmarks for spring walking
珍想要一个冰淇淋甜筒。
Zhēn xiǎngyào yī gè bīngqílín tiántǒng.
Jane wanted an ice cream cone.
我把听筒放到了耳边。
Wǒ bǎ tīngtǒng fàng dào le ěr biān.
I put the receiver to my ear.
没有手电筒的话,你啥都看不到。
Méiyǒu shǒudiàntǒng dehuà, nǐ shá dōu kàn bù dào.
You won't see a thing without a torch.
汤姆给了玛丽一把手电筒。
Tāngmǔ gěi le Mǎlì yī bǎ shǒudiàntǒng.
Tom gave Mary a flashlight.
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