Raise one's head in Chinese
to raise one's head · HSK 4
抬头
- 抬 to lift
- 头 head
她抬头看了看天空。 She raised her head and looked at the sky.
More words with 抬 or 头
How do you say raise one's head in Chinese?
Raise one's head in Chinese is 抬头 (tái tóu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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