# 摇头 (yáotóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 摇头 (yáotóu) means “to shake one's head”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to shake one's head
- Pinyin: yáotóu (yao2 tou2)
- Traditional: 搖頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他摇头表示自己不知道。
  Tā yáotóu biǎoshì zìjǐ bù zhīdào.
  He shook his head, saying he did not know.

## Characters

- [摇](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-shake/) (yáo): to shake; to rock
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-tou-shake-ones-head/

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