How to say “telephone receiver” in Chinese
telephone receiver; microphone
“Telephone receiver” in Chinese is 话筒, huà tǒng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
话筒 is read huà tǒng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 讠 “speech”.
On top, ⺮ “bamboo”: a bamboo tube. Below, 同 tóng hints at the reading.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “话筒”.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “telephone receiver” in Chinese?
“Telephone receiver” in Chinese is 话筒, pinyin huàtǒng.
What does 话筒 mean?
话筒 (huàtǒng) means “telephone receiver; microphone”.
How do you write 话筒?
话筒 is 2 characters: 话 (huà) — speech, words; 筒 (tǒng) — tube, cylinder. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 话筒?
话筒 is read huàtǒng. Tones: huà — fourth tone, tǒng — third tone. The page has an audio recording.
“telephone receiver” in the lesson “Camera, microphone, power”
This word is from the topic “Network and devices” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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