话筒 huàtǒng microphone
microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (figuratively) mouthpiece; spokesperson
How to remember 话筒: 话 speech + 筒 tube = microphone.
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How it is used
- A microphone, also a phone handset - 拿起话筒 (náqǐ huàtǒng) to pick up the mic.
- Everyday word for a mic (karaoke, stage) and the receiver of an old phone; more colloquial than 麦克风 (màikèfēng).
- Figuratively a mouthpiece/spokesperson: 充当话筒 (chōngdāng huàtǒng).
Example sentences
- 她用手捂住了电话的话筒。 Tā yòng shǒu wǔzhù le diànhuà de huàtǒng.She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.