Chinese symbol for “earpiece”
听筒
tīng tǒng
Traditional: 聽筒
telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope
The closest CC-CEDICT match for earpiece is 听筒 (tīng tǒng), defined as: telephone receiver; headphone; earphone; earpiece; stethoscope.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 听筒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 听到 (聽到) | tīng dào | to hear |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 听见 (聽見) | tīng jiàn | to hear |
| 听取 (聽取) | tīng qǔ | to hear (news); to listen to |
| 听众 (聽眾) | tīng zhòng | audience; listeners |
| 倾听 (傾聽) | qīng tīng | to listen attentively |
| 手电筒 (手電筒) | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight; electric hand torch |
| 话筒 (話筒) | huà tǒng | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset |
See also: Japanese symbol for “earpiece”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.