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- 1. tube
- 2. cylinder
- 3. to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
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袖筒 (xiùtǒng) is a common metaphor for 'one's sleeve as a tube'.
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筒 refers to a solid cylinder or container; for a hollow pipe with flow, use 管 (guǎn).
Words Containing 筒
microphone
mailbox
loudhailer
(metaphorical) punching bag
a pump
Antlia (constellation)
circular cylinder
trashcan
sleeve
socket spanner
flashlight
bicycle pump
rotor sail
barrel of a gun
inflator; bicycle pump
roller
paint roller
bazooka
chimney
ice-cream cone
bamboo tube
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
pen container
tube-shaped object
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
fluorescent tube or light
a sleeve valve
tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
telephone receiver
kaleidoscope
bugle
sleeve
mailbox
graduated measuring cylinder
stockings; thigh-highs
tall boots
binoculars
(Cantonese-influenced Mandarin) (coll.) traffic cone
flashlight
tall boots