Word

兆头 (zhào tou) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

兆头 (zhào tou) is a Chinese word: omen. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 兆头

名 míng noun

omen

这是个好兆头。

zhè shì gè hǎo zhào tou

This is a good omen.

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Word breakdown

兆 zhào — sign, omen, portent

头 tóu / tou — noun suffix (nominalizer)

Contextual pronunciation: tou

Structure & writing
1 兆 zhào — a large number: traditionally one hundred thousand, one billion, or one trillion (depending on system); in modern usage one million, or used to mean an enormous quantity (e.g. 亿兆, 兆民)
兆 is a component in 5 characters

兆 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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2 头 tóu / tou — head (of a person or animal)
Xpinyin
头 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 大 dà — large; great (in volume, area, quantity, force, intensity, etc.; opposite of 小)
Xpinyin
大 is a component in 34 characters
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