铜管

銅管

tóngguǎn

noun #36,505

Measure Word

一根铜管 gēn

Meanings

1 brass instrument
2 copper pipe / brass tube

Characters

Examples

他在乐队里吹铜管。

Tā zài yuèduì lǐ chuī tóngguǎn.

He plays brass instruments in the band.

工人正在安装铜管。

Gōngrén zhèngzài ānzhuāng tóngguǎn.

The workers are installing copper pipes.

Tips

usage

Two senses, distinguished by context. In music: 铜管乐器 (tóngguǎn yuèqì) is the brass family — trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn — and 铜管乐队 is a brass band. In construction/plumbing: a literal copper pipe.

Stroke Order

铜 tóng

管 guǎn