邮筒 (yóutǒng): mailbox

Measure Word

一个邮筒 gè

HSK 4

我把信投进了街角的邮筒。

Wǒ bǎ xìn tóu jìn le jiējiǎo de yóutǒng.

I dropped the letter into the mailbox at the corner.

HSK 7-9

红色的邮筒是英国邮政的象征。

Hóngsè de yóutǒng shì Yīngguó yóuzhèng de xiàngzhēng.

The red pillar box is a symbol of the British postal service.

memory

邮 (mail/post) + 筒 (tube/cylinder) - a cylindrical tube for mail. The image of a red cylindrical postbox makes this compound very literal.

邮 yóu

筒 tǒng