回
头

To turn round in Chinese: 回头 (huí tóu)

huí tóu

to turn round

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 回頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to turn round; to turn one's head
  2. 2later; by and by

Stroke order

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回
头

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄟˊ

huí

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

回头

Simplified

回頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 有人叫他，他回头看了一眼。

    yǒu rén jiào tā， tā huí tóu kàn le yì yǎn。

    Someone called him, and he turned his head to look.

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Related words

回

huí

to circle

头

tóu

head

回答

huí dá

to reply

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

回忆

huí yì

to recall

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

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