桶 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
• 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested

How it used to be written

• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 4 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 我将水倒入了桶中。

  I poured water into the bucket.

• 我把水倒入了桶子裡。

  I poured water into the bucket.

• 这桶装满了水。

  The bucket was full of water.

All example sentences with 桶