Rock in Chinese (Mandarin): 石头 (shítou)
石头
shítou
rock
- Simplified
- 石头
- Traditional
- 石頭
- Pinyin
- shítou
- Typed as
- shitou
Use it in a sentence
石头很硬，很重。
石頭很硬，很重。
The rock is hard and heavy.
The characters in 石头
石
Stone. A rock under a cliff.
5 strokes
头 / 頭
Head; here a word ending, said short and light.
5 strokes
Say 头 short and light: shí-tou. In rock-paper-scissors, 石头剪刀布, rock is 石头.
More examples with 石头
我捡了一块石头。
我撿了一塊石頭。
Wǒ jiǎn le yí kuài shítou.
I picked up a stone.
河边有很多石头。
河邊有很多石頭。
Hé biān yǒu hěn duō shítou.
There are lots of stones by the river.
How to write 石头 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
石 5 strokes
头 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
頭 16 strokes
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