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木头

mù tou · mu tou

Traditional 木頭

HSK 3Old HSK 5Measure words: 块 kuài, 根 gēn

Meaning

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  1. slow-witted
  2. blockhead
  3. log (of wood, timber etc)
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Old wood

  1. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)把(bǎ)木头(mùtou)椅子(yǐzi)好(hǎo)重(zhòng)。

    This wooden chair is so heavy.

  2. Liangliang

    这是(zhèshì)用(yòng)老(lǎo)木头(mùtou)做(zuò)的(de)，很(hěn)结实(jiēshi)。

    It is made of old wood. Very sturdy.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)知道(zhīdào)是(shì)老(lǎo)木头(mùtou)？

    How do you know it is old wood?

  4. Liangliang

    老(lǎo)木头(mùtou)有(yǒu)一种(yīzhǒng)特别(tèbié)的(de)味道(wèidao)。

    Old wood has a special smell.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)闻到(wéndào)了(le)，是(shì)木头(mùtou)，还有(háiyǒu)饭(fàn)香(xiāng)。

    I smell it. It is wood, and also cooked rice.

  6. Liangliang

    那是(nàshi)隔壁(gébì)在(zài)做饭(zuòfàn)。

    That is next door cooking.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)用(yòng)一(yí)块(kuài)木(mù)头(tou)刻(kè)出(chū)一(yì)尊(zūn)佛(fó)像(xiàng)。

He carved a Buddha statue from wood.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by BooMie · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)村(cūn)庄(zhuāng)里(lǐ)，我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)是(shì)用(yòng)木(mù)头(tou)给(gěi)房(fáng)子(zi)取(qǔ)暖(nuǎn)。

In the village we still heat our homes with wood.

Tatoeba: Chinese by FishlandicFishy · English by Aghanim · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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木
mù

(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood

头
tóu

head; hair style

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