石
头

Stone in Chinese: 石头 (shí tou)

shí tou

stone

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 石頭2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1stone

Stroke order

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石
头

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

石头

Simplified

石頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 石头剪刀布！

    shí tou jiǎn dāo bù！

    Rock-paper-scissors, shoot!

  • 这是什么石头？

    zhè shì shén me shí tou？

    What kind of stone is this?

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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

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

里头

lǐ tou

inside

石油

shí yóu

oil

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

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