馒头
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 5
馒头 (mántou) · steamed bun
馒头 (mántou) means “steamed bun”. It is written with 2 characters: 馒 (steamed buns) + 头 (head). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 馒头 is built
The characters
馒 mán · steamed buns
What 馒 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 曼màn — long
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 罒wǎng — net
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 又yòu — and
- 日rì — sun; day
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
北方人喜欢吃馒头。Běifāng rén xǐhuan chī mántou.Northerners like steamed buns.
早饭我吃了两个馒头。Zǎofàn wǒ chī le liǎng gè mántou.I had two steamed buns for breakfast.
Questions about 馒头
What does 馒头 mean?
馒头 (mántou) means “steamed bun”.
How do you pronounce 馒头?
馒头 is pronounced mántou.
Which HSK level is 馒头?
馒头 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 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
- 镜头jìngtóucamera lens
Learn 馒头 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 63: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.