01225 Chinese character of 筒 and pronounce tung4

The Chinese character【筒】is used to describe objects or shapes, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Tube or container. Explanation: (1) A storage container made from a section of bamboo. Such as: “pen holder”, “bamboo tube”. (2) A thick, hollow, tubular object. For example: “mailbox”, “bazooka”. (3) Quantifier. A unit used to calculate cylinder contents. For example: “There is a tube of chopsticks on each table.”

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【筒】:tǒng

Cantonese Jyutping of 【筒】:tung4/tung2/tung1

Below is an introduction to the basics of the Chinese character 【筒】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【筒】, for example:Describing objects or shapes , It means mainly a tube or container .Chinese characters possess deep and diverse meanings, and some detailed aspects may not be entirely covered in this discussion.

【筒】functions as a standalone word but can pair with others to form more descriptive expressions, like【筒子、竹筒】(Mandarin Pinyin:tǒng zǐ 、zhú tǒng/ Cantonese Jyutping:tung2 zi2 、zuk1 tung2)

The stroke count for this character is 12 ,It is a more advanced Chinese character that is essential for daily use,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


竹筒裡裝滿了清水。

The bamboo tube is filled with clean water.


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