掉头 diàotóu HSK7 to turn around Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掉头 掉頭 diào//tóu to turn around To turn a vehicle around and go in the opposite direction; to make a U-turn. to turn one's head To turn one's head around to look back, or to turn away and leave. to shake one's head (Literary) to shake one's head, often indicating refusal or lack of knowledge. to be beheaded (Colloquial) to be decapitated or executed. to lose interest (Colloquial) to lose interest in something or change one's mind. Frequency Movie subtitles 7.63 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 3.96 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 调头 diàotóuSame as 掉转头 diàozhuǎntóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
掉头 掉頭 diào//tóu to turn around To turn a vehicle around and go in the opposite direction; to make a U-turn. to turn one's head To turn one's head around to look back, or to turn away and leave. to shake one's head (Literary) to shake one's head, often indicating refusal or lack of knowledge. to be beheaded (Colloquial) to be decapitated or executed. to lose interest (Colloquial) to lose interest in something or change one's mind. Frequency Movie subtitles 7.63 per million appears in 3% of films Written text 3.96 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Variant of 调头 diàotóuSame as 掉转头 diàozhuǎntóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
