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龙头

lóng tóu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 龍頭

龙头 (lóng tóu) means "faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 龙头 means

1. faucet; tap
2. bicycle handlebar
3. chief; boss (esp. of a gang)
4. (referring to a company) leader; front-runner
5. figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat {龙船|lóng chuán}

The characters in 龙头

• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 水龙头在滴水。
  Shuǐlóngtóu zài dīshuǐ.
  The tap is running.
• 厨房里的水龙头在漏水。
  The tap in the kitchen is dripping.
• 他打开了浴缸里的水龙头。
  He has the water running in the bathtub.
• 我没能使用水龙头，因为它坏了。
  Wǒ méi néng shǐyòng shuǐlóngtóu, yīnwèi tā huàile.
  I did not use the tap because it was spoiled.

Words starting with 龙头

• 龙头股lóng tóu gǔ(finance) leading stock; market leader
• 龙头企业lóng tóu qǐ yèkey enterprises; leading enterprises
• 龙头老大lóng tóu lǎo dàbig boss; leader of a group; dominant (position)
• 龙头蛇尾lóng tóu shé wěilit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
• 龙头铡lóng tóu zhálever-style guillotine decorated with a dragon's head at the hinged end, used to behead…

Words containing 龙头

• 水龙头shuǐ lóng tóufaucet; tap

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