# 码头 (mǎtou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 码头 (mǎtou) means “dock; wharf; pier”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: dock; wharf; pier
- Pinyin: mǎtou (ma3 tou5)
- Traditional: 碼頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 码头上停靠着很多货船。
  Mǎtou shàng tíngkàozhe hěn duō huòchuán.
  Many cargo ships are docked at the pier.

## Characters

- [码](https://hanziro.com/word/ma-code/) (mǎ): code; number
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/ma-tou-dock/

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