huà tǒng

Traditional: 話筒

HSK 7–9

话筒 (huà tǒng) is a Chinese word meaning “microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone”.

Meanings

  1. 1microphone
  2. 2(telephone) receiver; handset
  3. 3megaphone
  4. 4(fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 话筒

话huà · dialect筒tǒng · tube

Related words

话dialect话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak谈话to talk (with sb)实话truth说实话to speak the truth笑话joke; jest讲话a speech废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words的话if (coming after a conditional clause)

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