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头发 tóufa

头发 tóufa Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 头发 tóufa .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóufa | tou2 fa5
English translation
hair (on the head)

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About 头发 tóufa

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Traditional form

頭髮

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 头发 tóufa

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tóu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dòu represents the sound. The simplified character tóu was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character tóu .

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⺀大

Number of Strokes

5

Explanation

Simplified form of both (send out; to issue) and (hair). Derived from quǎn (dog), the bottom component of .

Positional decomposition

⿸? yòu

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 头发 tóufa

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tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

de 女伴 nǚ bàn 身体 shēntǐ shāo ǎi , 头发 tóufa dàn 褐色 hè sè ,富于 fù yú 表情 biǎoqíng yǒu Shuāng Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Her companion was of lower stature, with lightbrown hair and expressive blue eyes.

,手里 shǒu lǐ bào zhāo 春宝, jiāng de tóu tiē zài de 头发 tóufa shǎng .

Holding Chun Bao close to her bosom, she pressed her head against his hair.

jiào 理发师 lǐ fà shī 头发 tóufa 修剪 xiū jiǎn 一下 yīxià .

I asked the barber for a trim.

妈妈 māma 看到头发 tóufa 染成这种 zhè zhǒng 颜色 yánsè huì 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng de .

My mum'll have hysterics when she sees the colour of my hair.

头发 tóufa Decomposition

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头发 tóufa Compounds

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