huà tǒng
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  • 1

    n.microphone; speaking trumpet

    • huà tǒng zào yīn ràng rén tīng shàng qu bù shū fu

      话筒噪音上去舒服

      The microphone noise is uncomfortable.

    • zhè shì zhuān yè lù yīn shì shǐ yòng de huà tǒng

      专业录音使用话筒

      This is a microphone used in professional recording studios.

    • zhè shì yī jiā zhuān mén zhì zào huà tǒng de gōng sī

      专门制造话筒公司

      This is a company that specializes in manufacturing microphones.

  • 2

    n.speaker; telephone transmitter; microphone

    • tā men zài wū li fān zhǎo yǐn cáng de huà tǒng

      他们隐藏话筒

      They searched the room for hidden microphones.

    • huà tǒng bèi cáng zài shū guì li

      话筒书柜

      The microphone was concealed in the bookcase.

    • tā tǎng zài dì shang shǒu biān fàng zhe yī zhī huà tǒng bù xǐng rén shì

      地上手边话筒不省人事

      He was lying on the ground with a microphone beside him, unconscious.

  • 3

    n.megaphone; (same as 传声筒)

    • tā yòng shǒu wǔ zhù le huà tǒng jiào qī zi lái jiē diàn huà

      捂住话筒妻子电话

      He put his hand over the megaphone and called his wife to the phone.

    • tā tiáo zhěng le huà tǒng jià

      调整话筒

      He adjusted the microphone stand.

Word usage

  • "话筒" is often matched with measure word "个"or"支".
    • 话筒

      one microphone

    • 话筒

      one microphone