Sentence #13552123 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 水龙头 is built
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水shuǐwater
水 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from flowing water.
龙lóngChinese dragon; loong
尤especially · yóu
丿slash · piě
头tóuhead
⺀ice form of 冫 · bīng
大big · dàMeaning part
Memory aidSimplified from 頭, where 页 meant “head” and 豆 (dòu) gave the sound.
How to write 水龙头
水 4 strokes · 龙 5 strokes · 头 5 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 水龙头 (shuǐlóngtóu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
水龙头 (shuǐlóngtóu) means “tap” or “faucet”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuǐlóngtóu: shuǐ with a 3rd tone, then lóng with a 2nd tone, then tóu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 水龙头 is written 水龍頭. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuilongtou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 水龙头 from the suggestions. Typing shuilongtou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
水龙头 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
水shuǐ3rd tone, dipping
龙lóng2nd tone, rising
