摇头(yáo tóu): to shake one's head
2 charactersTrad. 搖頭
to shake one's head
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 摇头 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他摇了摇头表示反对。
tā yáo le yáo tóu biǎo shì fǎn duì
He shook his head in disapproval.
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