Meaning of 手头
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shǒutóu
- on hand
- at hand
- one's financial situation
手头 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
你现在手头儿有钱吗?先借我点儿。
Do you have cash on you now? Could you lend me some?
我们没有足够的时间来完成手头的工作。
We didn't have enough time to finish what we were doing.
有时我吸烟只是因为要给我手头点事做。
Sometimes I smoke just to give my hands something to do.
他的书销路不好,所以现在手头十分拮据。
He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.
Stroke order for each character
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手 shǒu · hand · 4 strokes
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头 tóu · head · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 手头.
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.