插头
chā tóu
Pinyin

Definition

插头
 - 
chā tóu
  1. plug

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

插
chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 stick in
  3. 3 pierce
  4. 4 to take part in
  5. 5 to interfere
  6. 6 to interpose
插上
chā shang
  1. 1 to plug into
  2. 2 to insert
  3. 3 to stick in
插件
chā jiàn
  1. 1 plug-in (software component)
插入
chā rù
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick
  3. 3 to thrust
插图
chā tú
  1. 1 illustration
插座
chā zuò
  1. 1 socket
  2. 2 outlet
插播
chā bō
  1. 1 to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
  2. 2 to put a call on hold
插曲
chā qǔ
  1. 1 music played during a movie, play etc
  2. 2 incidental music
  3. 3 music played in a theatrical interlude
  4. 4 (fig.) incident
  5. 5 episode
插画
chā huà
  1. 1 illustration
插花
chā huā
  1. 1 flower arranging
  2. 2 ikebana
插足
chā zú
  1. 1 to squeeze in
  2. 2 to step in
  3. 3 to take part
  4. 4 to step between (two persons in a relationship)
插进
chā jìn
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick in
  3. 3 to plug in (an electronic device)
插队
chā duì
  1. 1 to cut in line
  2. 2 to jump a queue
  3. 3 to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
插头
chā tóu
  1. 1 plug
穿插
chuān chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to take turns, alternate
  3. 3 to interweave
  4. 4 to interlace
  5. 5 subplot
  6. 6 interlude
  7. 7 episode
  8. 8 (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
倒插门
dào chā mén
  1. 1 to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
即插即用
jí chā jí yòng
  1. 1 plug-and-play
安插
ān chā
  1. 1 to place in a certain position
  2. 2 to assign to a job
  3. 3 to plant
  4. 4 resettlement (old)
抽插
chōu chā
  1. 1 to slide in and out
  2. 2 thrusting

Idioms (5)

两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插科打诨
chā kē dǎ hùn
  1. 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. 2 buffoonery
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
无心插柳
wú xīn chā liǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
  2. 2 serendipitous
  3. 3 fortuitous
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch

Sample Sentences

我看看你的插头。外国插头啊。
wǒ kàn kan nǐ de chātóu 。wàiguó chātóu a 。
Let me see your plug. It's a foreign plug!
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你傻啊，买个转换插头就好了。
nǐ shǎ a ，mǎi ge zhuǎnhuàn chātóu jiù hǎo le 。
You knucklehead, just buy a converter and you'll be fine!
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所以你才担心人工智能统治宇宙？你想太多了，把插头拔掉，电脑就没用啦，哈哈哈！
suǒyǐ nǐ cái dānxīn réngōng zhìnéng tǒngzhì yǔzhòu ？nǐ xiǎng tài duō le ，bǎ chātóu bádiào ，diànnǎo jiù méi yòng la ，hā hā hā ！
It's only now that you're worried about artificial intelligence ruling the universe? You're thinking too much. Take out the plug and the computer is useless, ha ha ha!
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我就插头插上啦，摁了开关，噗！就冒烟了。
wǒ jiù chātóu chā shàng la ，èn le kāiguān ，pū ！jiù màoyān le 。
I plugged it in and pressed the on button, then poof! Smoke started to come out of it.
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