# 头条 (tóutiáo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 头条 (tóutiáo) means “headline; lead story”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: headline; lead story
- Pinyin: tóutiáo (tou2 tiao2)
- Traditional: 頭條
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这条重大新闻很快上了头条。
  Zhè tiáo zhòngdà xīnwén hěn kuài shàngle tóutiáo.
  This major news quickly made today's headlines.

## Characters

- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top
- [条](https://hanziro.com/word/tiao-strips/) (tiáo): (measure word) for strips

https://hanziro.com/word/tou-tiao-headline/

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