水龙头
Old HSK 6
水龙头 (shuǐlóngtóu) · tap
水龙头 (shuǐlóngtóu) means “tap; faucet”. It is written with 3 characters: 水 (water) + 龙 (dragon) + 头 (head). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 水龙头 is built
The characters
水 shuǐ · water
What 水 is made of
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A river running between two banks; compare 川 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
龙 lóng · dragon
What 龙 is made of
- 尤yóu — especially
- 尢yóu — weak
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 尢yóu — weak
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A dragon (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
用完水请关好水龙头。Yòng wán shuǐ qǐng guānhǎo shuǐlóngtóu.Please turn off the tap after use.
厨房的水龙头坏了。Chúfáng de shuǐlóngtóu huài le.The kitchen tap is broken.
Questions about 水龙头
What does 水龙头 mean?
水龙头 (shuǐlóngtóu) means “tap; faucet”.
How do you pronounce 水龙头?
水龙头 is pronounced shuǐlóngtóu.
Which HSK level is 水龙头?
水龙头 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 水平shuǐpínglevel
- 药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine
- 凉水liángshuǐcold water
- 纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
- 开水kāishuǐboiled water
- 矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
- 泪水lèishuǐtears
- 汽水qìshuǐsoda
Learn 水龙头 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 171: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.