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电筒 (diàn tǒng): Flashlight (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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电筒 consists of 2 characters.

电 • diàn • electricity; electric • HSK 3.0 · L3

HSK 3.0 · L3

diàn电

electricity; electric

筒 • tǒng • tube, cylinder, thick bamboo • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

tǒng筒

tube, cylinder, thick bamboo

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Pinyindiàn tǒng

Meaningflashlight; torch

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

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More common words that include characters from 电筒.

Words with 电

电影diàn yǐngfilm; movie
电脑diàn nǎocomputer
电视diàn shìTV
电话diàn huàtelephone
打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
电影院diàn yǐng yuàncinema; movie theater
电梯diàn tīlift; elevator
电子书diàn zǐ shūe-book; electronic book

Words with 筒

话筒huà tǒngmicrophone; megaphone
听筒tīng tǒngtelephone receiver; earpiece
唧筒jī tǒngpump (archaic/technical term)
邮筒yóu tǒngmailbox; postbox
手电筒

shǒu diàn tǒng

flashlight

火箭筒huǒ jiàn tǒngrocket launcher

3.

Example Sentences with 电筒

Tā他

yòng用

shǒu手

diàn电

tǒng筒

zhào照

liàng亮

le了

lù路

。

He used a flashlight to light the path.

Tíng停

diàn电

shí时

，

diàn电

tǒng筒

hěn很

yǒu有

yòng用

。

During a power outage, a flashlight is very useful.