扭
头

To turn one's head in Chinese: 扭头 (niǔ tóu)

niǔ tóu

to turn one's head

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

Definitions

  1. 1to turn one's head
  2. 2to turn around

Stroke order

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扭
头

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄧㄡˇ

niǔ

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

扭头

Simplified

扭頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他听见有人叫，就扭头看了看。

    tā tīng jiàn yǒu rén jiào， jiù niǔ tóu kàn le kàn。

    Hearing someone call, he turned his head to look.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

扭

niǔ

to turn

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

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

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

里头

lǐ tou

inside

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