통
Meanings
Noun
1. barrel, bucket, cask, pail, vat
2. Used in compounds to refer to body parts that resemble containers (being hollow, etc.), often with a colloquial nuance.
3. head, (of gourd) body (of cabbage)
4. width of legs or waist (of clothes)
5. caliber, generosity, magnanimity
6. situation, place, circumstances
7. village; An administrative division composed of several ban to smoothly carry out frontline administration in urban areas. (government)
8. hub (of wheel)
Pronunciation
tong
Examples3
그는 전쟁 통에 가족을 잃었다.
He lost his family during the war.
통을 물로 채웠다.
[He] filled the vat with water.
요새 입맛이 통 없어.
I have no appetite these days.