抬头
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
抬头 (táitóu) · to raise one's head
抬头 (táitóu) means “to raise one's head; to look up”. It is written with 2 characters: 抬 (to lift) + 头 (head). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 抬头 is built
The characters
抬 tái · to lift
What 抬 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 台tái — platform
- 厶sī — private
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
头 tóu · head
What 头 is made of
- ⺀ — ice
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: high (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
抬头看，天上有月亮。Táitóu kàn, tiān shang yǒu yuèliang.Look up, there's a moon in the sky.
他抬头看了我一眼。Tā táitóu kàn le wǒ yì yǎn.He looked up and glanced at me.
Questions about 抬头
What does 抬头 mean?
抬头 (táitóu) means “to raise one's head; to look up”.
How do you pronounce 抬头?
抬头 is pronounced táitóu.
Which HSK level is 抬头?
抬头 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 抬táito lift
- 点头diǎntóuto nod
- 里头lǐtouinside
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 老头儿lǎotóurold man (informal)
- 木头mùtouwood
- 石头shítoustone
- 头脑tóunǎobrains
- 骨头gǔtoubone
- 后头hòutoubehind
Learn 抬头 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 72: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.