木
头

Slow-witted in Chinese: 木头 (mù tou)

mù tou

slow-witted

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 木頭2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1slow-witted
  2. 2blockhead
  3. 3log (of wood, timber etc)

Stroke order

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木
头

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄨˋ

mù

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

木头

Simplified

木頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 一个木头碗。

    yí gè mù tou wǎn。

    A wooden bowl.

  • 木头会漂浮。

    mù tou huì piāo fú。

    Wood floats.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

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

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

里头

lǐ tou

inside

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

后头

hòu tou

behind

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