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桶
tǒng
1. bucket
2. (trash) can
3. barrel (of oil etc)
4. CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[隻|只<zhī>]]
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

桶
tǒng
bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

便桶
biàntǒng
chamber pot
冰桶
bīngtǒng
ice bucket
喷桶
pēntǒng
watering can
大桶
dàtǒng
barrel
木桶
mùtǒng
cask
桶口
tǒngkǒu
bunghole
桶孔
tǒngkǒng
bunghole
水桶
shuǐtǒng
bucket
箍桶
gūtǒng
hooped barrel
饭桶
fàntǒng
rice bucket
马桶
mǎtǒng
chamber pot
半桶水
bàntǒngshuǐ
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited
垃圾桶
lājītǒng
rubbish bin
HSK 4
洗涤桶
xǐdítǒng
washtub
箍桶匠
gūtǒngjiàng
cooper
箍桶店
gūtǒngdiàn
coopery
马桶拔
mǎtǒngbá
plunger for unblocking toilet
抽水马桶
chōushuǐmǎtǒng
flush toilet
桶里射鱼
tǒnglǐshèyú
to shoot fish in a barrel
第一桶金
dìyītǒngjīn
the first pot of gold

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,410
Word Frequency Rank
3,001 of 84,292

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