# 兆头 (zhàotou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 兆头 (zhàotou) means “omen; sign; portent”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: omen; sign; portent
- Pinyin: zhàotou (zhao4 tou5)
- Traditional: 兆頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这是一个好兆头。
  Zhè shì yí gè hǎo zhàotou.
  This is a good omen.

## Characters

- 兆 (zhào): omen; to foretell
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-tou-omen/

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