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掉头

diào tóu

2-character word Traditional 掉頭

What 掉头 means

1. to turn one's head
2. to turn round
3. to turn about

The characters in 掉头

• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 我们掉头吧！
  Wǒmen diàotóu ba!
  Let's turn back.
• 他开始掉头发了。
  He is beginning to lose his hair.
• 别太操心了，不然会掉头发的。
  Bié tài cāoxīn le, bù rán huì diào tóufa de.
  Don't worry too much, or you'll go bald.

Words starting with 掉头

• 掉头就走diào tóu jiù zǒuto turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly

Sounds the same

Read diào tóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 调头variant of 掉头