CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

探头

tàntóu

to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc)

probe; sensor

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 探头 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 探头 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

探头配有麦克风。tàn tóu pèi yǒu mài kè fēng。

The probe is equipped with a microphone.

「你鼻子怎麽了？」「我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开著的，谁知原来是关上了，於是就一头撞到车窗上了。」「nǐ bí zi zěn mó le？」「wǒ gāng cái dào chē de shí hòu， xiǎng tàn tóu chū chuāng kàn qīng chǔ hòu miàn yǒu méi yǒu rén。 wǒ yǐ wéi chē chuāng shì kāi zhù de， shuí zhī yuán lái shì guān shàng le， yú shì jiù yī tóu zhuàng dào chē chuāng shàng le。」

"What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

就像遇到大洪水的街上尖塔那样，记忆只是单独孤立着，探头伸出混浊的水面。jiù xiàng yù dào dà hóng shuǐ de jiē shàng jiān tǎ nà yàng， jì yì zhǐ shì dān dú gū lì zhe， tàn tóu shēn chū hùn zhuó de shuǐ miàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 探头.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 探头.

Directly before

想探头1

Directly after

探头出窗1
探头伸出1
探头配有1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 探头

What does 探头 mean in Chinese?

探头 (tàntóu) means to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc).

How do you pronounce 探头?

探头 is pronounced tàntóu.

Is 探头 an HSK word?

探头 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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