Meaning of tǒng:
tǒng
桶
Noun
bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
Tā mǎile yí gè xīn de shuǐ tǒng.
他买了一个新的水桶。
He bought a new water bucket.
Tā bǎ lājī rēng jìn lājī tǒng.
她把垃圾扔进垃圾桶。
She threw the trash into the trash can.
Tā gāng mǎi le yī tǒng yóuqī.
他刚买了一桶油漆。
He just bought a barrel of paint.
Measure Word
CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
Wǒ mǎi le yī gè xīn tǒng yòng lái zhuāng shuǐ.
我买了一个新桶用来装水。
I bought a new bucket to hold water.
