How to say it in Chinese

Barrel in Chinese

barrel · HSK 4

桶 tǒng

Counted with 个: 一个桶 yí gè tǒng

把垃圾扔进桶里吧。 Throw the rubbish into the bin.

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How do you say barrel in Chinese?

Barrel in Chinese is 桶 (tǒng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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