话筒 huàtǒng▶ ไมโครโฟน

Stroke order

话筒 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 话 — 8 strokes
• 筒 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. microphone
2. (telephone) receiver; handset
3. megaphone
4. (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson

Related words

• 俗话คำกล่าวทั่วไป
• 童话นิทานปรัมปรา
• 闲话ซุบซิบ, นินทา
• 不像话ไม่มีเหตุผล
• 实话ความจริง
• 废话เรื่องไร้สาระ, อึ

话筒 is pronounced huàtǒng and means “ไมโครโฟน”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 话筒 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.