馒
头

Steamed roll in Chinese: 馒头 (mán tou)

mán tou

steamed roll

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 饅頭2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1steamed roll
  2. 2steamed bun
  3. 3steamed bread

Stroke order

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馒
头

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄢˊ

mán

ㄇ/ mㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

馒头

Simplified

饅頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 我给你吃个馒头。

    wǒ gěi nǐ chī gè mán tou。

    I'll give you a mantou to eat.

  • 昨天我买了两个馒头。

    zuó tiān wǒ mǎi le liǎng gè mán tou。

    Yesterday I bought two steamed buns.

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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

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

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

后头

hòu tou

behind

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