(shí tou) - stone, rock in Mandarin
shítouTraditional: 石頭
Translation
stone, rock
Word origin
Built on 石 (shí), a pictograph of a stone lying beneath a cliff, with the suffix 头 (tou) added to form a familiar two-syllable noun.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 石 (shí, stone) + 头 (tou, noun suffix)
Stroke order
石
头
Examples
捡。
He picked up a stone.
河。
There are many stones in the river.
。
This rock is very heavy.
沙滩。
The children are playing with stones on the beach.
硬。
The rocks on the mountain are big and hard.
石头 (shí tou) means a stone or rock. The 头 here is a toneless noun suffix that turns the single character 石 into the everyday spoken word for a stone.
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