关头 meaning in English

guāntóu

juncture; moment

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 關頭11 strokes

Meaning of 关头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guāntóu
  1. juncture
  2. moment

关头 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

缓huǎn期qī执zhí行xíng在zài最zuì后hòu关guān头tóu决jué定dìng了le下xià来lái。
A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

关 guān · mountain pass · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 关头.

没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter
关上guānshangto close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
关心guānxīnto be concerned about; to care about
头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
关机guānjīto turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film
点头diǎntóuto nod
关系guānxìrelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
石头shítoustone
关注guānzhùto pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest
相关xiāngguānrelated; relevant
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind

Questions about 关头

What does 关头 mean?

关头 (guāntóu) means "juncture; moment" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 关头?

关头 is made of 2 characters: 关 (6 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 关头 an HSK word?

Yes. 关头 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 关头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 关头 is written 關頭.