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木头

mù tou

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 木頭 Measure word 块、根

木头 (mù tou) means "wood, log; (fig.) slow/unresponsive, like a block of wood (跟块木头似的)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 木头 means

1. wood; log
2. (fig.) blockhead; dolt

The characters in 木头

• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 木头会漂浮。
  Mùtou huì piāofú.
  Wood floats.
• 白蚁吃木头。
  Báiyǐ chī mùtou.
  Termites eat wood.
• 一个木头碗。
  A wooden bowl.
• 木头容易着火。
  Wood burns easily.
• 木头很容易燃烧。
  Mùtou hěn róngyì ránshāo.
  Wood burns very easily.
• 一二三，木头人。
  Red light, green light.

Where 木头 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Vehicles, Materials & Transport (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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