# 手头 (shǒutóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 手头 (shǒutóu) means “on hand; financial situation”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: on hand; financial situation
- Pinyin: shǒutóu (shou3 tou2)
- Traditional: 手頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我现在手头有点紧。
  Wǒ xiànzài shǒutóu yǒudiǎn jǐn.
  I am a bit short of money right now.

## Characters

- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-tou-on-hand/

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