HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

掉头

diàotóu

Traditional: 掉頭

to turn one's head

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 掉头 in English

diàotóuHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6301
  1. to turn one's head
  2. to turn round
  3. to turn about

Example sentences

  1. 我们掉头吧！
    wǒ men diào tóu ba！
    Let's turn back.
    Tatoeba #472905 by fucongcong · #27144 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

掉 on its own →
diào · to fall

HSK words with 掉

掉HSK 4掉队HSK 7–9
头 on its own →
tóu · classifier for pigs or livestock

HSK words with 头

头HSK 2头发HSK 3点头HSK 4馒头HSK 4抬头HSK 4头痛HSK 4低头HSK 5里头HSK 5木头HSK 5石头HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences