仰头

仰頭

yǎngtóu

verb #36,596

Meanings

HSK 5

鸭子仰头喝水。

Yāzi yǎngtóu hē shuǐ.

The duck tilts its head back to drink water.

HSK 6

他仰头望着夜空中的星星。

Tā yǎngtóu wàng zhe yèkōng zhōng de xīngxing.

He looked up at the stars in the night sky.

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