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头
Trad. 頭
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Radical
(Bushou)		 大
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 5
Structure
Decomp. 冫大
大丶丶
Prononciation
Mandarin tóu; tou
Entry Methods
Pinyin tou2; tou
Kanji /
Cangjie
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卜乂
Sijiao 348.0
Wubi UDI
CNS 11643 3-2239
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5934
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Results for 头
头 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头 tou suffix for nouns
Results beginning with 头
头衔 tóu xián title / rank / appellation
头发 tóu fa hair (on the head)
头上 tóu shàng overhead / above
头脑 tóu nǎo brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
头像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar
头痛 tóu tòng to have a headache
头顶 tóu dǐng top of the head
头部 tóu bù head
头盔 tóu kuī helmet
头疼 tóu téng headache
头晕 tóu yūn dizzy
头皮 tóu pí scalp
头号 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one
头目 tóu mù ringleader / gang leader / chieftain
头颅 tóu lú head / skull
头条 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news)
头球 tóu qiú (soccer) header
头绪 tóu xù outline / main threads
头道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
头昏 tóu hūn dizzy / giddy / one's head spins
头儿 tóu r leader
头大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming
头巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
头领 tóu lǐng head person / leader
头等 tóu děng first class / prime / main
头头 tóu tóu head / chief
头子 tóu zi boss / gang leader
头版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page
头饰 tóu shì head ornament
头骨 tóu gǔ skull
头寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position
头奖 tóu jiǎng first prize
头灯 tóu dēng headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp / head torch
头颈 tóu jǐng (dialect) neck
头陀 tóu tuó itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)
头脸 tóu liǎn head and face
头面 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks
头套 tóu tào actor's headgear / wig / head covering
头盖 tóu gài skull / cranium
头角 tóu jiǎo youngster's talent / brilliance of youth
头彩 tóu cǎi first prize in a lottery
头家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor
头绳 tóu shéng string to tie hair
头孢 tóu bāo (pharm.) cephalosporin
头城 Tóu chéng Toucheng Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
头挡 tóu dǎng first gear
头兜 tóu dōu helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
头份 Tóu fèn Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
头风 tóu fēng headache (Chinese medicine)
头伏 tóu fú see 初伏[chu1 fu2]
头功 tóu gōng first class merit
头箍 tóu gū headband
头冠 tóu guān a crown / top of the head
头回 tóu huí for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred)
头款 tóu kuǎn down payment
头里 tóu lǐ in front / in advance of the field
头路 tóu lù clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
头名 tóu míng first place / leader (of a race)
头牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
头七 tóu qī the 7th day after a person's death / the first 7-day period after a person's death
头纱 tóu shā wedding veil / gauze headscarf or veil
头虱 tóu shī head lice
头梳 tóu shū comb / hairbrush
头汤 tóu táng first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤[er4 tang1]
头汤 tóu tāng first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤[er4 tang1]
头铁 tóu tiě (slang) stubborn / headstrong
头晚 tóu wǎn previous night
头位 tóu wèi (car racing) pole position / (obstetrics) cephalic presentation (i.e. head-first birth)
头午 tóu wǔ (dialect) morning
头屋 Tóu wū Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
头显 tóu xiǎn HMD / head-mounted display (abbr. for 頭戴式顯示器|头戴式显示器[tou2 dai4 shi4 xian3 shi4 qi4])
头香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
头癣 tóu xuǎn favus of the scalp (skin disease)
头羊 tóu yáng bellwether
头一 tóu yī the first
头胀 tóu zhàng distention in the head (TCM)
头罩 tóu zhào hairnet / hood / cowl
头枕 tóu zhěn headrest
头重 tóu zhòng disequilibrium / top-heavy / heaviness in the head (medical condition)
头座 tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
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头一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time
头等舱 tóu děng cāng 1st class cabin
头盖骨 tóu gài gǔ skull / cranium
头皮屑 tóu pí xiè dandruff
头文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
头半天 tóu bàn tiān morning / first half of the day
头孢菌 tóu bāo jūn cephalosporin (pharm.) / cephalothin
头朝下 tóu cháo xià (falling or suspended) head downwards / headfirst / headlong
头城镇 Tóu chéng zhèn Toucheng Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
头倒立 tóu dào lì headstand
头对头 tóu duì tóu (of clinical trial) head-to-head
头份镇 Tóu fèn zhèn Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
头箍儿 tóu gū r band used by Manchu women to gather up the hair
头号字 tóu hào zì largest typeface / biggest letters
头脸儿 tóu liǎn r erhua variant of 頭臉|头脸[tou2 lian3]
头期款 tóu qī kuǎn down payment
头索类 tóu suǒ lèi lancelet (Branchiostoma)
头屯河 Tóu tún hé Toutunhe District of Urumqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1lu3mu4qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
头屋乡 Tóu wū xiāng Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
头向前 tóu xiàng qián headlong
头信息 tóu xìn xī header (computing)
头胸部 tóu xiōng bù cephalothorax
头足纲 tóu zú gāng Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
头破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised
头头是道 tóu tóu shì dào clear and logical
头面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig
头昏目眩 tóu hūn mù xuàn (idiom) dazed / dizzy
头昏目晕 tóu hūn mù yūn see 頭昏目眩|头昏目眩[tou2 hun1 mu4 xuan4]
头昏脑闷 tóu hūn nǎo mèn fainting and giddy / one's head spins
头昏脑眩 tóu hūn nǎo xuàn dizzying / it makes one's head spin
头昏眼暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo
头昏眼花 tóu hūn yǎn huā to faint with blurred vision (idiom) / dizzy and eyes dimmed
头昏眼晕 tóu hūn yǎn yūn head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint
头角峥嵘 tóu jiǎo zhēng róng promise of brilliant young person (idiom) / showing extraordinary gifts
头痛医头 tóu tòng yī tóu to treat the symptoms / reactive (rather than proactive)
头晕目眩 tóu yūn mù xuàn to have a dizzy spell / dazzled
头晕眼花 tóu yūn yǎn huā to faint with blurred vision (idiom) / dizzy and eyes dimmed
头重脚轻 tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
头半天儿 tóu bàn tiān r erhua variant of 頭半天|头半天[tou2 ban4 tian1]
头孢菌素 tóu bāo jūn sù (pharm.) cephalosporin
头孢拉定 tóu bāo lā dìng (pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine)
头孢噻吩 tóu bāo sāi fēn (pharm.) cefalotin (aka cephalothin)
头昏脑涨 tóu hūn - nǎo zhàng variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tou2hun1-nao3zhang4]
头昏脑胀 tóu hūn - nǎo zhàng (idiom) to feel giddy / to feel dizzy / one's head spins
头昏脑胀 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng giddy / one's head spins
头昏脑涨 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tou2 hun1 nao3 zhang4]
头脑发胀 tóu nǎo fā zhàng swelling of the head (physical condition) / fig. swellheaded / conceited
头脑风暴 tóu nǎo fēng bào brainstorming
头脑清楚 tóu nǎo qīng chu lucid / clear-headed / sensible
头儿脑儿 tóu r nǎo r leading figure / bigwig
头条新闻 tóu tiáo xīn wén top news story
头痛欲裂 tóu tòng yù liè to have a splitting headache (idiom)
头屯河区 Tóu tún hé qū Toutunhe District of Urumqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1lu3mu4qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
头晕目眩 tóu yūn - mù xuàn (idiom) to have a dizzy spell / dazzled
头晕脑胀 tóu yūn nǎo zhàng dizzy and light-headed
头晕脑涨 tóu yūn nǎo zhàng variant of 頭暈腦脹|头晕脑胀[tou2 yun1 nao3 zhang4]
头戴式耳机 tóu dài shì ěr jī headphones
头发胡子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all
头悬梁，锥刺股 tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom) / fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
头脑简单四肢发达 tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dá all brawn no brains
头痛医头，脚痛医脚 tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)
Approximate Results for 头
点头 diǎn tóu to nod
镜头 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
回头 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by
摇头 yáo tóu to shake one's head
街头 jiē tóu street
石头 shí tou stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
抬头 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
一头 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
龙头 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2]
老头 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband
心头 xīn tóu one's heart / one's mind
念头 niàn tou thought / idea / intention
低头 dī tóu to bow the head / to yield / to give in
眉头 méi tóu brows
汕头 Shàn tóu see 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4tou2 Shi4]
骨头 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
码头 mǎ tóu dock / pier / wharf / CL:個|个[ge4]
巨头 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
势头 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
丫头 yā tou girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
尽头 jìn tóu end / extremity / limit
转头 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
转头 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
拳头 quán tou fist / clenched fist / CL:個|个[ge4] / competitive (product)
开头 kāi tóu beginning / to start
舌头 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
从头 cóng tóu anew / from the start
馒头 mán tou steamed bun
额头 é tóu forehead
带头 dài tóu to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example
过头 guò tóu to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
源头 yuán tóu source / fountainhead
木头 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
年头 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
里头 lǐ tou inside / interior
出头 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
枕头 zhěn tou pillow
肩头 jiān tóu on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder
把头 bǎ tóu labor contractor / gangmaster
接头 jiē tóu connector / joint / coupling / (coll.) to contact / to get in touch with / to have knowledge of / to be familiar with
人头 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
个头 gè tóu size / height
个头 ge tóu (coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right!
包头 bāo tóu turban / headband
猪头 zhū tóu pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk
关头 guān tóu juncture / moment
口头 kǒu tóu oral / verbal
扭头 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around
多头 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
两头 liǎng tóu both ends / both parties to a deal
光头 guāng tóu shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
罐头 guàn tou tin / can / CL:個|个[ge4]
床头 chuáng tóu bedhead / bedside / headboard
箭头 jiàn tóu arrowhead / arrow symbol
探头 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
风头 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
山头 shān tóu mountain top
牵头 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
乳头 rǔ tóu nipple
外头 wài tou outside / out
手头 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
后头 hòu tou behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
上头 shàng tou above / on top of / on the surface of
上头 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
插头 chā tóu plug
埋头 mái tóu to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
当头 dàng tou (coll.) pledge / surety
当头 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
掉头 diào tóu to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
砖头 zhuān tou brick
指头 zhǐ tou finger / toe / CL:個|个[ge4]
前头 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above
苦头 kǔ tou sufferings
仰头 yǎng tóu to raise one's head
片头 piàn tóu (cinema, TV) title sequence / opening credits / intro
空头 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
钟头 zhōng tóu hour / CL:個|个[ge4]
领头 lǐng tóu to take the lead / to be first to start
斧头 fǔ tóu ax / hatchet / CL:柄[bing3]
桥头 qiáo tóu either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
分头 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair
磕头 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
对头 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
对头 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
龟头 guī tóu head of a turtle / glans penis
魔头 mó tóu monster / devil
矛头 máo tóu spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
来头 lái tóu cause / reason / interest / influence
弹头 dàn tóu warhead
洗头 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
牛头 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
喷头 pēn tóu nozzle / spray-head
船头 chuán tóu the bow or prow of a ship
白头 bái tóu hoary head / old age
甜头 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit
到头 dào tóu to the end (of) / at the end of / in the end / to come to an end
苗头 miáo tou first signs / development (of a situation)
烟头 yān tóu cigarette butt / fag-end / CL:根[gen1]
鱼头 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
噱头 xué tóu amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2]
地头 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page
马头 mǎ tóu horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou2], pier
甩头 shuǎi tóu to fling back one's head
看头 kàn tou qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading)
喉头 hóu tóu throat / larynx
临头 lín tóu to befall / to be imminent
劲头 jìn tóu enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
跟头 gēn tou tumble / somersault
行头 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic)
行头 xíng tou a person's clothing / outfit / actor's costume
芋头 yù tou taro
碰头 pèng tóu to meet / to hold a meeting
秃头 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person
捕头 bǔ tóu constable
磁头 cí tóu magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)
锄头 chú tou hoe / CL:把[ba3]
抱头 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
话头 huà tóu subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument)
钻头 zuàn tóu drill bit
鼻头 bí tou (dialect) nose
教头 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times)
梳头 shū tóu to comb one's hair
平头 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary
字头 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
叩头 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
倒头 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
派头 pài tóu manner / style / panache
调头 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune
调头 diào tóu variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]
迎头 yíng tóu to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly
蛇头 shé tóu head of a snake / human smuggler
先头 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others
机头 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
案头 àn tóu on one's desk
杀头 shā tóu to behead
寡头 guǎ tóu oligarch
工头 gōng tóu foreman
盖头 gài tóu cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
零头 líng tóu odd / scrap / remainder
日头 rì tóu sun (dialect) / daytime / date
剃头 tì tóu to have one's head shaved
户头 hù tóu bank account / CL:個|个[ge4]
兆头 zhào tou omen / portent / sign
蒜头 suàn tóu garlic bulb
高头 gāo tou higher authority / the bosses / on top of
水头 shuǐ tóu hydraulic head / total head
爆头 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot
小头 xiǎo tóu the smaller part or share of sth
奶头 nǎi tóu nipple / teat (on baby's bottle)
尖头 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
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