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念头

niàn tou

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 念頭

念头 (niàn tou) means "thought; idea; intention". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 念头 means

1. thought; idea; intention

The characters in 念头

• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 我没有一点退休的念头。
  Wǒ méiyǒu yīdiǎn tuìxiū de niàntou.
  I don't have the slightest intention of retiring.
• 打消这种幼稚的念头吧。
  Dǎxiāo zhèzhǒng yòuzhì de niàntou ba.
  Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.

Words containing 念头

• 怪念头guài niàn toueccentric notion; strange whim

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