调头 diàotóudiàotou to turn around Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 调头 調頭 diào//tóu frequency to turn around verb + noun To turn a vehicle around; to turn or shake one's head (e.g., to walk away, show disapproval, or lose interest) 告诉机长把飞机调头。 gàosù jīzhǎng bǎ fēijī diào tóu. Tell the pilot to turn the plane around. to change brothels (Archaic) To move to a different brothel for business, used in reference to prostitutes in former times. to borrow money (Wu dialect) To temporarily borrow or transfer funds. 调头 調頭 diàotou tone The tone of voice, tune, or melody Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 5.54 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.86 per million Cross-References Variant of 掉头 diàotóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
调头 調頭 diào//tóu frequency to turn around verb + noun To turn a vehicle around; to turn or shake one's head (e.g., to walk away, show disapproval, or lose interest) 告诉机长把飞机调头。 gàosù jīzhǎng bǎ fēijī diào tóu. Tell the pilot to turn the plane around. to change brothels (Archaic) To move to a different brothel for business, used in reference to prostitutes in former times. to borrow money (Wu dialect) To temporarily borrow or transfer funds. 调头 調頭 diàotou tone The tone of voice, tune, or melody Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 5.54 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.86 per million Cross-References Variant of 掉头 diàotóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
