甜
头

Sweet taste (of power, success etc) in Chinese: 甜头 (tián tou)

tián tou

sweet taste (of power, success etc)

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

Definitions

  1. 1sweet taste (of power, success etc)
  2. 2benefit

Stroke order

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甜
头

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄧㄢˊ

tián

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

甜头

Simplified

甜頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 尝到了甜头，他就更努力了。

    cháng dào le tián tou， tā jiù gèng nǔ lì le。

    Having tasted the benefits, he worked even harder.

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Related words

甜

tián

sweet

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

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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