水龙头

水龙头 shuǐlóngtóu

Faucet (tap - taps)

HSK 6 繁體 水龍頭 shuilongtou

What 水龙头 means

  1. Faucet (tap - taps)

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 水龙头 will read it the same way this page does.

Character by character

水龙头 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

shuǐ
Water (river)
lóng
Dragon (imperial)
tóu
Head (first - hair - tip - beginning - top - leading)

How to write 水龙头

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Questions about 水龙头

What does 水龙头 mean in English?

水龙头 is pronounced shuǐlóngtóu and means Faucet (tap - taps).

How do you pronounce 水龙头?

水龙头 is shuǐlóngtóu in pinyin — written shuilongtou without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 水龙头?

水龙头 is written with 3 characters: 水 (shuǐ) Water (river), 龙 (lóng) Dragon (imperial), 头 (tóu) Head (first - hair - tip - beginning - top - leading). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 水龙头 written in traditional Chinese?

水龍頭. The simplified form 水龙头 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 水龍頭 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shuǐlóngtóu.

Is 水龙头 an HSK word?

Yes — 水龙头 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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