案头 (an tou): translation, meaning, pronunciation, examples

By ricky | November 23, 2017

案头 (Chinese PinYin: [àn tóu]; traditional Chinese: 案頭) may mean: (1) desk work; (2) paperwork. The term is mostly used in written communication in Mandarin Chinese. Some common phrases and expressions are: 案头工作 (desk work), 案头研究 (desk research), 案头传真机 (desk-fax), 案头阅读 (reading at the desk), 案头日历 (a desk calendar).

Literally: 案 (desk) + 头 (end)

1. How to pronounce 案头?

Chinese Pinyin: [àn tóu]

Pronunciation examples: Please click to play the below audio.

Female speaker

Male speaker
Audio source: created by Baidu Voice

2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 案头

Synonyms: 书桌, 桌上,

Antonyms: N/A

3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 案头

Fixed expression: 案头工作 (desk work), 案头研究 (desk research),

Collocation: 案头传真机 (desk-fax), 案头阅读 (reading at the desk), 案头日历 (a desk calendar),

Idioms: N/A

Terminologies: N/A

4. How to use 案头 in a sentence?

Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 案头.

4.1 其他任务有可能是案头工作或交通监管。

Translation: These other assignments might be desk work or controlling traffic.

4.2 她陷进了这些案头工作中。

Translation: She is getting bogged down in all this paperwork.

4.3 塞娅现在又回到东京大学做案头工作。

Translation: Saya has now returned to her desk work at the Tokyo University.

4.4 劳伦特博士正在埋头在案头工作里。 他抬起头看到我,放下手中的笔。

Translation: Looking up from the paperwork in which he was absorbed, Dr. Laurent put down his pen.

4.5 他们倾向于鼓励多会议和做案头工作

Translation: They tend to encourage meetings and paperwork.

4.6 如果你有很多案头工作要做,能不能改用电子表格的形式,或者是在线填写?

Translation: If you do a lot of paperwork, can you require forms to be filled out digitally, perhaps online?

4.7 长时间的案头工作肯定会导致一大堆的背部问题。

Translation: Long hours of desk work is a sure way of developing a whole host of back problems.

4.8 在你的案头放上一个时钟来督促自己,赶快实践起来吧!

Translation: Set a timer on your desktop if you have to; just get it done.

5. Stroke Order

Stroke order images provided by Wikimedia stroke order project

Category: Standard Chinese Words And Expressions

Leave a Reply