仰头

仰頭

yǎngtóu

verb #36,596

Meanings

Tā yǎngtóu wàng zhe yèkōng zhōng de xīngxing.

He looked up at the stars in the night sky.

Yāzi yǎngtóu hē shuǐ.

The duck tilts its head back to drink water.

memory

仰 = a person 亻 lying back / looking up; pair with 低头 (dī tóu, head down). 仰 ↔ 低 forms the natural up/down opposition: 仰头看天, 低头看地.

usage

仰头 is the physical action; 仰望 (yǎngwàng) is closer to 'look up to / admire'. Don't write 仰望星星 if you mean a duck literally tipping its head back.

仰 yǎng

头 tóu