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    Counting barrels or buckets with the measure word 桶 (tǒng)

    Numbers & Quantity

    Structure

    Number + 桶 + Noun

    Explanation

    The measure word 桶 (tǒng) is used to count barrels, buckets, or tubs of something. It frequently appears in oil pricing contexts, such as 每桶 (per barrel), and in everyday life for containers like buckets of water. Place a number before 桶 followed by the noun it measures.

    Examples

    • 今天油价涨到了每桶八十美元。

      jīntiān yóujià zhǎng dào le měi tǒng bāshí měiyuán.

      The oil price rose to eighty dollars per barrel today.

    • 他从井里打了两桶水回来。

      tā cóng jǐng lǐ dǎ le liǎng tǒng shuǐ huílái.

      He drew two buckets of water from the well.

    • 请帮我买一桶食用油。

      qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yī tǒng shíyòngyóu.

      Please help me buy a barrel of cooking oil.

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