扭头

• ピンイン: niǔ tóu
• 漢字の分解: 扭 = 扌 (hand/action radical) + 丑 (turned, twisted) — to turn; 头 = pictograph of a head with hair on top — head

意味

振り向く（首をひねって見る）

Describes the physical action of turning one's head, typically to look in a different direction. Commonly appears in narrative and descriptive writing. 扭头看 (turn to look), 扭头就走 (turn and leave immediately — colloq. for abruptly leaving). The abrupt or decisive connotation distinguishes it from 回头 (turn back/look back), which can also imply returning.

例文

1. 他听到身后有人叫他的名字，扭头一看，竟是多年未见的老同学，两人激动地握手相拥。
2. 孩子不情愿地跟着父母离开游乐场，走出几步便扭头，恋恋不舍地望着那些还在旋转的游乐设施。
3. 司机在路口等红灯时扭头看了一眼后座，确认乘客已系好安全带后才缓缓起步。

使い方ガイド

場面: narrative, everyday life, body language

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 就在他准备转身离开的那一刻，她突然扭头叫住了他，低声说了一句让他此后多年都难以忘怀的话。(Just as he was about to turn and leave, she suddenly turned her head and called after him, murmuring a sentence that he would find difficult to forget for many years to come.)
• 课堂上老师讲得正起劲，坐在前排的学生却悄悄扭头与后排同学交谈，被老师一眼看见，当场点名批评。(The teacher was in the middle of an enthusiastic lecture when a student in the front row quietly turned their head to chat with a classmate behind them — the teacher caught them immediately and called them out by name in front of the class.)

避ける言い方

• 将'扭头'与'回头'在所有语境中互换使用 — 扭头 focuses on the physical turning of the head; 回头 can also mean returning to a place or reconsidering; choose based on the intended meaning

起源と歴史

扭 (to twist/turn) + 头 (head) — to turn the head

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal