---
title: "Toutiao Meaning: 头条 (tóutiáo) Means “headline”"
description: "头条 (traditional 頭條, tóutiáo) means “headline; front-page news”. Hear its tones, see what 头 and 条 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/toutiao"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 头条 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

头条 tóutiáo

## headline; front-page news

## It can also mean

- Toutiao (short for 今日头条, a news app)

## Its characters

1. 头 tóu head
2. 条 tiáo classifier for long thin things, rivers, roads, fish, messages, news and items

## In a sentence

这件事上了今天报纸的头条。 This made the headlines in today's paper.

[More about 头条](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%B4%E6%9D%A1)

## More words with 头 or 条

- [从头 cóngtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/congtou)
- [带头 dàitóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daitou)
- [点头 diǎntóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/diantou)
- [低头 dītóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ditou)
- [个头 gètóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/getou)
- [过头 guòtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guotou)
- [骨头 gǔtou](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gutou)
- [回头 huítóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huitou)
- [街头 jiētóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jietou)
- [镜头 jìngtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jingtou)

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