Chinese symbol for “flashlight”
手电筒
shǒu diàn tǒng
Traditional: 手電筒
flashlight; electric hand torch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flashlight is 手电筒 (shǒu diàn tǒng), defined as: flashlight; electric hand torch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flashlight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手电 (手電) | shǒu diàn | flashlight; torch |
| 电筒 (電筒) | diàn tǒng | flashlight |
| 电棒 (電棒) | diàn bàng | (coll.) flashlight; (Tw) stun baton |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 手电筒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 话筒 (話筒) | huà tǒng | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flashlight”.
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.