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点头

diǎn tóu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 點頭

点头 (diǎn tóu) means "to nod". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 点头 means

1. to nod

The characters in 点头

• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 汤姆点头了。
  Tāngmǔ diǎntóu le.
  Tom nodded.
• 汤姆点头同意。
  Tāngmǔ diǎntóu tóngyì.
  Tom nodded approval.

Words starting with 点头

• 点头哈腰diǎn tóu hā yāoto nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning
• 点头之交diǎn tóu zhī jiāonodding acquaintance
• 点头招呼diǎn tóu zhāo hūbeckon
• 点头咂嘴diǎn tóu zā zuǐto approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)

Where 点头 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read diǎn tóu correctly.
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