低头

低頭

dītóu

verb HSK 6 #7,646

Meanings

他低头看着手机。

Tā dītóu kàn zheshǒu jī.

He lowered his head looking at his phone.

我们绝不向困难低头。

Wǒmen juébù xiàng kùnnán dītóu.

We will never bow to difficulties.

她害羞地低下了头。

Tā hàixiū de dīxià le tóu.

She lowered her head shyly.

低头族越来越多了。

Dītóuzú yuèláiyuè duō le.

There are more and more 'head-down people' (phone addicts).

culture

低头族 (dī tóu zú, 'head-down tribe') is a popular term for people constantly looking at their phones.

usage

Figuratively, 低头 means to submit or yield. 向...低头 = to bow/submit to...

低 dī

头 tóu