关头
guāntóu
critical moment; juncture
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在企业生死存亡的关头，董事会必须迅速作出取舍。 Zài qǐyè shēngsǐcúnwáng de guāntóu, dǒngshìhuì bìxū xùnsù zuòchū qǔshě. At the critical moment of the company's survival, the board must quickly make trade-offs.
- 在这个紧要关头，他站出来说了几句话。 Zài zhè ge jǐnyào guāntóu, tā zhàn chūlái shuō le jǐ jù huà. At this critical moment, he stepped forward and said a few words.
- 到了最后关头，他还是改变了主意。 Dào le zuìhòu guāntóu, tā háishi gǎibiàn le zhǔyi. At the last moment, he changed his mind after all.
Related words
- 关 guān to close, to turn off
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 关机 guānjī to turn off a device
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 关系 guānxi relationship; connection
- 关注 guānzhù to follow; to pay attention to
- 海关 hǎiguān customs
- 相关 xiāngguān related
- 关 guān checkpoint; barrier
- 关闭 guānbì to close; to turn off
- 关于 guānyú about