头 发 tóu fa hair (on the head) 理 发 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut 毛 hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) 毛 发 máo fà hair 发 丝 fà sī hair (on the head) 毫 发 háo fà a hair / the slightest 汗 毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down 发 hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] 毫 hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan 髟 hair / shaggy 长 发 cháng fà long hair 美 发 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair 白 发 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 胡 子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit 脱 落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 秀 发 xiù fà beautiful hair 黑 发 hēi fà black hair 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) 皮 毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge 脱 发 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 毛 骨 悚 然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold 分 头 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair 一 丝 不 苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place 染 发 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 卷 发 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 洗 头 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo 发 廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] 发 卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip 银 发 yín fà silver hair / gray hair 青 丝 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) 阴 毛 yīn máo pubic hair 直 发 zhí fà straight hair 发 包 fà bāo bun hair extension 一 丝 一 毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota 梳 头 shū tóu to comb one's hair 平 头 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary 走 失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) 光 秃 秃 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) 发 夹 fà jiā hair clip 发 髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil 脱 毛 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave 发 型 师 fà xíng shī hair stylist 须 发 xū fà hair and beard 毛 囊 máo náng hair follicle 华 发 huá fà (literary) gray hair 吹 风 机 chuī fēng jī hair dryer 寒 毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body 电 吹 风 diàn chuī fēng hair dryer 护 发 素 hù fà sù hair conditioner 染 发 剂 rǎn fà jì hair dye / rinse / tint 鬓 角 bìn jiǎo sideburns / temples / hair on the temples 蓬 头 垢 面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance 体 毛 tǐ máo body hair 怒 发 冲 冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles 头 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] 毫 毛 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way") 摩 丝 mó sī hair mousse (loanword) 结 发 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age 鬓 发 bìn fà hair on the temples 毛 子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 卡 子 qiǎ zi clip / hair fastener / checkpoint 束 发 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 秋 霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 发 胶 fà jiāo hair gel 云 鬓 yún bìn a woman's beautiful, thick hair 拔 毛 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation 九 牛 一 毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean 腋 毛 yè máo armpit hair 接 发 jiē fà hair extensions 发 菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss 鼻 毛 bí máo nose hair 盘 头 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 电 棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs 推 子 tuī zi hair clippers 皓 首 hào shǒu white head of hair / fig. old person 卷 发 器 juǎn fà qì hair curler 垂 髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood 头 绳 tóu shéng string to tie hair 护 发 乳 hù fà rǔ hair conditioner 耻 毛 chǐ máo pubic hair 秃 bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something 撮 classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] 抿 to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip 鬓 temples / hair on the temples 髻 hair rolled up in a bun, topknot 鬃 disheveled hair / horse's mane 鬟 a knot of hair on top of head 髫 (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) 毳 crisp / brittle / fine animal hair 鬑 hanging temple hair 鬖 wild hair 鬙 short hair / unkempt 髽 dress the hair 髧 long hair 披 头 散 发 pī tóu sàn fà with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down 牵 一 发 而 动 全 身 qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system 皓 首 苍 颜 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 蓬 头 跣 足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt 蓬 首 垢 面 péng shǒu gòu miàn lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face / of unkempt appearance (idiom) 发 指 眦 裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage
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