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接头

jiē tóu · jie tou

Traditional 接頭

Meaning

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  1. connector; joint; coupling
  2. (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with
  3. to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
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The leaking pipe

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，厨房(chúfáng)的(de)水管(shuǐguǎn)漏水(lòushuǐ)了(le)！

    Liangliang, the kitchen pipe is leaking!

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)看看(kànkan)，是(shì)接头(jiētóu)漏水(lòushuǐ)了(le)。

    Let me see. The joint is leaking.

  3. Dengdeng

    接头(jiētóu)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What is a joint?

  4. Liangliang

    就是(jiùshì)两根(liǎnggēn)管子(guǎnzi)接(jiē)在一起(zàiyīqǐ)的(de)地方(dìfang)。

    It's where two pipes connect.

  5. Dengdeng

    快(kuài)换(huàn)一个(yīgè)新(xīn)接头(jiētóu)！水(shuǐ)流到(liúdào)我(wǒ)脚下(jiǎoxià)了(le)！

    Quick, change to a new joint! The water is at my feet!

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)先(xiān)用(yòng)手(shǒu)按住(ànzhù)它(tā)！

    First press it with your hand!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)两(liǎng)根(gēn)水(shuǐ)管(guǎn)接(jiē)头(tóu)的(de)地(dì)方(fang)漏(lòu)水(shuǐ)了(le)。

The joint where these two pipes connect is leaking.

02

他(tā)让(ràng)我(wǒ)下(xià)午(wǔ)三(sān)点(diǎn)在(zài)车(chē)站(zhàn)接(jiē)头(tóu)，商(shāng)量(liang)下(xià)一(yí)步(bù)的(de)安(ān)排(pái)。

He asked me to meet him at the station at three in the afternoon to discuss the next step.

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