头 tóu in a sentence
Head (first - hair - tip - beginning - top - leading)
头 (tóu) means Head (first - hair - tip - beginning - top - leading). Below are 24 of the 91 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他歪着 头 看我。
Tā wāi zhe tóu kàn wǒ.
He looked at me with his head tilted.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 歪
他跑得满 头 是汗。
Tā pǎo de mǎn tóu shì hàn.
He ran until his head was covered in sweat.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 汗
他抬起 头 看着我。
Tā tái qǐ tóu kàn zhe wǒ.
He raised his head and looked at me.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 抬
木 头 在火里燃烧。
Mùtou zài huǒ lǐ ránshāo.
The wood is burning in the fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 燃烧
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From the graded readers
我一低 头 就摔倒了。
wǒ yī dītóu jiù shuāidǎo le / liǎo / liào.
Every time I looked down, I fell.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我的 头 很疼，身体也很热。
wǒ de(possessive) tóu hěn téng, shēntǐ yě hěn rè.
My head hurt and my body was hot.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
那个人点了点 头 ，没说什么。
nèigè rén diǎn le / liǎo / liào diǎntóu, méi shuō shénme.
The interviewer nodded and said nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我的手被地上的小石 头 划破了，很疼。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒu bèi dìshàng de / dì xiǎo shítou huà / huá pò le / liǎo / liào, hěn téng.
My hands were scraped by the small stones on the ground and it hurt.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
有一天早上，我起床的时候忽然觉得 头 很晕。
yǒu yī tiān zǎoshang, wǒ qǐchuáng de / dì shíhou hūrán juéde tóu hěn yūn / yùn.
One morning I got up and suddenly felt very dizzy.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我回过 头 ，看见他站在很远的地方，笑着向我招手。
wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.
I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
她摇了摇 头 ，说：“毕业以后，大家去了不同的城市。”
tā yáo le / liǎo / liào yáo tóu, shuō:" bìyè yǐhòu, dàjiā qùle bùtóng de / dì chéngshì."
She shook her head and said, "After we graduated everyone went to different cities."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
头 appears in 91 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 头
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Questions about 头
How is 头 used in a sentence?
This page shows 91 sentences using 头 (tóu, "Head (first - hair - tip - beginning - top - leading)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 头 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 头 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 头?
The dictionary page for 头 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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