锄头

鋤頭

chútou

noun #28,799

Measure Word

一把锄头 bǎ

Meanings

1 hoe
2 garden hoe

Characters

to hoe; to weed; hoe

noun suffix for tools/objects

Examples

HSK 4

他用锄头把地松了松。

Tā yòng chútou bǎ dì sōng le sōng.

He loosened the soil with a hoe.

HSK 7-9

农民扛着锄头去田里干活。

Nóngmín káng zhe chútou qù tiánlǐ gànhuó.

The farmer shouldered a hoe and headed to the fields to work.

Tips

memory

锄 is the character for 'to hoe / to weed', and 头 is a common suffix for tools and body parts. So 锄头 is simply 'hoe-thing', the implement you hoe with.

Stroke Order

锄 chú

头 tóu