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骨头

gǔ tou

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 骨頭 Measure word 根、块

骨头 (gǔ tou) means "bone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 骨头 means

1. bone
2. moral character
3. bitterness
4. Taiwan pr. gú tou

The characters in 骨头

• 骨gǔbone
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 四处奔跑的狗找到了骨头。
  The dog that trots about finds a bone.
• 汤姆的手臂和手断了些骨头。
  Tāngmǔ de shǒubì hé shǒu duàn le xiē gǔtou.
  Tom broke some bones in his arm and hand.

Words starting with 骨头

• 骨头架子gǔ tou jià ziskeleton; skinny person; a mere skeleton
• 骨头节儿gǔ tou jié rjoint (of the skeleton)

Words containing 骨头

• 硬骨头yìng gǔ touresolute individual; a hard nut to crack; tough mission
• 老骨头lǎo gǔ touweary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
• 软骨头ruǎn gǔ touweak, cowardly person; spineless individual
• 皮包骨头pí bāo gǔ tóuto be all skin and bones (idiom); also written 皮包骨
• 鸡蛋里挑骨头jī dàn li tiāo gǔ touto look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick (idiom)
• 吃人不吐骨头chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóuruthless; vicious and greedy
• 贱骨头jiàn gǔ toumiserable wretch; contemptible individual
• 懒骨头lǎn gǔ toulazybones; beanbag

Where 骨头 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Features (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 gǔ tou correctly.
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