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Lead story (on the news) in Chinese: 头条 (tóu tiáo)

tóu tiáo

lead story (on the news)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 頭條1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lead story (on the news)

Stroke order

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头
条

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄧㄠˊ

tiáo

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

头条

Simplified

頭條

Traditional

Example sentences

See 头条 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这件事成了今天报纸的头条。

    zhè jiàn shì chéng le jīn tiān bào zhǐ de tóu tiáo。

    This became the lead story in today's newspaper.

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Related words

条

tiáo

strip

头

tóu

head

面条

miàn tiáo

noodles

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

条件

tiáo jiàn

condition

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

苗条

miáo tiao

(of a woman) slim

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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