手头 meaning in English

shǒutóu

on hand; at hand

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 手頭9 strokes

Meaning of 手头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǒutóu
  1. on hand
  2. at hand
  3. one's financial situation

手头 in example sentences

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

你nǐ现xiàn在zài手shǒu头tóu儿er有yǒu钱qián吗ma?先xiān借jiè我wǒ点diǎn儿ér。
Do you have cash on you now? Could you lend me some?
我wǒ们men没méi有yǒu足zú够gòu的de时shí间jiān来lái完wán成chéng手shǒu头tóu的de工gōng作zuò。
We didn't have enough time to finish what we were doing.
有yǒu时shí我wǒ吸xī烟yān只zhǐ是shì因yīn为wèi要yào给gěi我wǒ手shǒu头tóu点diǎn事shì做zuò。
Sometimes I smoke just to give my hands something to do.
他tā的de书shū销xiāo路lù不bù好hǎo,所suǒ以yǐ现xiàn在zài手shǒu头tóu十shí分fēn拮jié据jū。
He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.

Stroke order for each character

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

手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes

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

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 手头.

手机shǒujīcell phone; mobile phone
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
头发tóufahair (on the head)
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
里头lǐtouinside; interior
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
点头diǎntóuto nod
石头shítoustone
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
对手duìshǒuopponent; rival
选手xuǎnshǒuathlete; contestant
歌手gēshǒusinger

Questions about 手头

What does 手头 mean?

手头 (shǒutóu) means "on hand; at hand" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 手头?

手头 is made of 2 characters: 手 (4 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 手头 an HSK word?

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

How is 手头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 手头 is written 手頭.