梢头

梢頭
shāotóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tip of a branch
  2. 2 treetop

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yì zhī xǐquè luò zài liǔshù shāotóu.
A magpie landed on the tip of a willow branch.
HSK 7-9
Fēng yì chuī, shāotóu de yèzi jiù shāshā zuòxiǎng.
When the wind blows, the leaves at the tips of the branches rustle.

Tips

culture
Mostly poetic. The lantern-festival ci attributed to 欧阳修 has 月上柳梢头 'the moon climbs over the willow tips', and 杜牧 compared a girl of thirteen to a cardamom bud on the tip of a branch, 豆蔻梢头, which gave the idiom 豆蔻年华.

Stroke Order

梢 shāo
头 tóu