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Mandarin · pinyin huà tǒng

microphone
(telephone) receiver; handset
megaphone
(fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
筒: tǒng · thick piece of bamboo; pipe
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–3 · hua4 tong3

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noun

telephone receiver; handset
microphone
megaphone; loudhailer
(figurative) mouthpiece; megaphone; spokesperson
(figurative) gossiper

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