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馒头

mán tou

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 饅頭

What 馒头 means

1. steamed bun

The characters in 馒头

• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 我给你吃个馒头。
  I'll give you a mantou to eat.
• 昨天我买了两个馒头。
  Zuótiān wǒ mǎi le liǎng gè mántou.
  Yesterday I bought two steamed buns.
• 对不起，馒头卖完了。
  Duìbuqǐ, mántou màiwán le.
  I'm sorry, we're all out of manti.
• 馒头和馍馍有区别吗？
  Mántou hé mómo yǒu qūbié ma?
  Is there a difference between steamed buns and steamed bread?

Words containing 馒头

• 吃人血馒头chī rén xuè mán touto take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
• 不蒸馒头争口气bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qìnot to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge