矛头 meaning in English

máotóu

spearhead; barb

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 矛頭10 strokes

Meaning of 矛头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

máotóu
  1. spearhead
  2. barb
  3. an attack or criticism

Stroke order for each character

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矛 máo · spear · 5 strokes

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

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 矛头.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
石头shítoustone
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
木头mùtouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
老头儿lǎotóursee 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
镜头jìngtóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
骨头gǔtoubone; moral character
后头hòutoubehind; the back
前头qiántouin front; at the head
回头huítóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

Questions about 矛头

What does 矛头 mean?

矛头 (máotóu) means "spearhead; barb" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 矛头?

矛头 is made of 2 characters: 矛 (5 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 矛头 an HSK word?

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

How is 矛头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 矛头 is written 矛頭.