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探头

tàn tóu

2-character word Traditional 探頭

What 探头 means

1. to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc)
2. probe; sensor

The characters in 探头

• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 探头配有麦克风。
  Tàntóu pèi yǒu màikèfēng.
  The probe is equipped with a microphone.
• “你鼻子怎么了？”“我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开着的，谁知原来是关上了，于是就一头撞到车窗上了。”
  “ nǐ bízi zěnmele?”“ wǒ gāngcái dǎochē de shíhou, xiǎng tàntóu chū chuāng kànqīng chǔ hòumiàn yǒuméiyǒu rén. wǒ yǐwéi chēchuāng shì kāi zhe de, shéizhī yuánlái shì guānshàng le, yúshì jiù yītóu zhuàng dào chēchuāng shàng le.”
  "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
• 「你鼻子怎么了？」「我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开着的，谁知原来是关上了，于是就一头撞到车窗上了。」
  "What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

Words starting with 探头

• 探头探脑tàn tóu tàn nǎoto stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
• 探头探脑儿tàn tóu tàn nǎo rerhua variant of 探头探脑

Words containing 探头

• 鬼探头guǐ tàn tóu(colloquial) sudden emergence of a person or vehicle from a blind spot…