手电筒 (手電筒)
shǒu diàn tǒng
Pinyin

Definition

手电筒 (手電筒)
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shǒu diàn tǒng
  1. flashlight
  2. electric hand torch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
shǒu
  1. 1 hand
  2. 2 (formal) to hold
  3. 3 person engaged in certain types of work
  4. 4 person skilled in certain types of work
  5. 5 personal(ly)
  6. 6 convenient
  7. 7 classifier for skill
  8. 8 classifier: 双 shuāng
  9. 9 classifier: 只 zhī
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help

Idioms (20)

一手交钱,一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
人有失手,马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes

Sample Sentences

蜡烛?为什么不用手电筒?
làzhú ?wèishénme bùyòng shǒudiàntǒng ?
Candles? Why don't you use a torch?
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手电筒没电了,我一直忘了换电池。
shǒudiàntǒng méidiàn le ,wǒ yīzhí wàng le huàn diànchí 。
The torch doesn't have any battery, I keep forgetting to replace the batteries.
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小姐,请问你们有手电筒吗?
xiǎojie ,qǐngwèn nǐmen yǒu shǒudiàntǒng ma ?
Miss, may I ask, do you have flashlights?
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别急,我可以修。手电筒在哪儿?
bié jí ,wǒ kěyǐ xiū 。shǒudiàntǒng zài nǎr ?
Don't worry. I can fix it. Where's the flashlight?
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找不到手电筒。蜡烛行不行?
zhǎobudào shǒudiàntǒng 。làzhú xíng bu xíng ?
I can't find the flashlight. Is a candle all right?
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