苗
头

First signs in Chinese: 苗头 (miáo tou)

miáo tou

first signs

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

Definitions

  1. 1first signs
  2. 2development (of a situation)

Stroke order

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苗
头

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄧㄠˊ

miáo

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

苗头

Simplified

苗頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 从这些苗头看，情况不太好。

    cóng zhè xiē miáo tou kàn， qíng kuàng bú tài hǎo。

    Judging from these early signs, the situation isn't good.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

苗

miáo

sprout

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

苗条

miáo tiao

(of a woman) slim

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

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