迎头

迎頭

yíngtóu

adverb #32,699

Meanings

1 head-on
2 face-to-face
3 directly

Characters

to meet, to face

Examples

两辆车迎头相撞。

Liǎng liàng chē yíngtóu xiāngzhuàng.

The two cars collided head-on.

我们要迎头赶上。

Wǒmen yào yíngtóu gǎnshàng.

We need to catch up directly.

Tips

usage

Often appears in 迎头赶上 (catch up head-on) and 迎头痛击 (deal a head-on blow). The 迎 means 'meet/greet', 头 means 'head' — literally 'meeting head' i.e. face-to-face.

Stroke Order

迎 yíng

头 tóu