头条

頭條

tóutiáo

noun HSK 7-9 #18,175

Measure Word

一条头条 tiáo

Meanings

1 headline; top news story
2 front-page news

Characters

head; first; top

item; strip (of news)

Literally 'top item' - the first and most important news story.

Examples

HSK 3

他又上头条了。

Tā yòu shàng tóutiáo le.

He made the headlines again.

HSK 6

这件事成了今天的头条新闻。

Zhè jiàn shì chéng le jīntiān de tóutiáo xīnwén.

This incident became today's headline news.

In Pop Culture

今日头条 Jīnrì Tóutiáo

Toutiao (Today's Headlines)

massively popular Chinese news aggregator app by ByteDance, the company behind TikTok

Stroke Order

头 tóu

条 tiáo