Meaning of 掉头
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
diàotóu
- to turn one's head
- to turn round
- to turn about
掉头 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我们掉头吧！
Let's turn back.
他开始掉头发了。
He is beginning to lose his hair.
别太操心了，不然会掉头发的。
Don't worry too much, or you'll go bald.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
掉 diào · to fall · 11 strokes
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头 tóu · head · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 掉头.
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 里头 | lǐtou | inside; interior |
| 点头 | diǎntóu | to nod |
| 石头 | shítou | stone |
| 头脑 | tóunǎo | brains; mind |
| 木头 | mùtou | wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 老头儿 | lǎotóur | see 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5] |
| 镜头 | jìngtóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 骨头 | gǔtou | bone; moral character |
| 后头 | hòutou | behind; the back |
| 前头 | qiántou | in front; at the head |
| 回头 | huítóu | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by |
Questions about 掉头
What does 掉头 mean?
掉头 (diàotóu) means "to turn one's head; to turn round".
How do you write 掉头?
掉头 is made of 2 characters: 掉 (11 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 掉头 an HSK word?
Yes. 掉头 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 掉头 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 掉头 is written 掉頭.