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통桶

[ tong ]
「명사」 Noun
• bucket; container

A deep and concave container made to hold something.

containers
• bucket

A unit used to measure the quantity of something by putting it in a bucket.

numbers & countingmeasurement units
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate

The hanja from which the word comes

  • 桶 (통, 용)
    –bucket, tub, barrel, cask, wooden container

Derived words

  • 똥통
    –bucket for feces and urine; rubbish; crap
  • 밥통
    –rice container; rice cooker; stomach; good-for-nothing
  • 쌀통
    –rice bin; rice dispenser
  • 쓰레기통
    –garbage can; litter box; trash can
  • 휴지통
    –garbage can; litter box; trash can

Other meanings of the word 통

  • 1
    body; head (Noun)
  • 2
    width of a sleeve; width of leg; girth; degree of generosity (Noun)
  • 3
    situation (Bound Noun)
  • 4
    completely; whole; every (Adverb)
  • 6
    An administrative district of '시' (si), below '동' (dong) and above its subdivision, '반' (ban) (Noun)
  • 7
    number of letters; number of documents; number of calls (Bound Noun)

Neighboring words in the dictionary

토지톤톱톱날톱니톱니바퀴톱밥톱질통통계통곡통과통근통로통상통성명통솔
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