甬 yǒng
: path screened by walls on both sides
: the Yongjiang river 甬江 through Ningbo 宁波; abbr. for Ningbo
甬 tǒng
measure word
: variant 桶
: bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); pail
: (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
Kun Reading
桶 | おけ oke
noun
: bucket
On Reading
ヨウ you
トウ tou
甬江 yong3jiang1: the Yongjiang river through Ningbo 宁波
甬路 yong3lu4: paved path
甬道 yong3dao4: walled-in path; paved pathway; canopied passageway; corridor; tunnel
桶口 tong3kou1 OR 桶孔 tong3kong3: bunghole
桶板 tong3ban3: clapboard
馬[马]桶 ma3tong3: chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
垃圾桶 la1ji1 tong3: rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can
便桶 bian4tong3: chamber pot
冰桶 bing1tong3: ice bucket
水桶 shui3 tong3: bucket [みずおけ mizuoke: pail (for water); bucket
: cistern; water tank]
天水桶 | てんすいおけ tensuioke: rain barrel
噴[喷]桶 pen1tong3: watering can
飯桶[饭] fan4tong3: rice bucket
: fathead; good-for-nothing
[飯桶 | はんつ hantsū: boiled-rice container]
Japanese expression | idiom
風が吹けば桶屋が儲かる | かぜがふけばおけやがもうかる kaze ga fukeba okeya ga moukaru
: (expression) any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語
半桶水 ban4 tong3 shui3
: (coll.) (of one’s skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of something); dabbler
桶裡射魚 [桶里射鱼] tong3 li3 she4 yu2
: to shoot fish in a barrel; to attempt something too easy
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a bell.
Semantic
埇 yong3: name of bridge
Look-alike:
角 jiao3 | jue2: angle | role
[kun: かど kado, つの tsuno, すみ sumi. on: かく kaku]
Examples:
這個垃圾桶很髒。
zhe4ge la1ji1 tong3 hen3 zang1
This trash can is filthy.
