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头 tóu

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头 tóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóu | tou2
English translation
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 gè
>个 gè [gè]
suff. for nouns
head; chief, boss; first, top

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About 头 tóu

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

頭 tóu

Contains the radical

大 dà

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

high

Etymology of 头 tóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿻⺀大

Semantic compound

大 dà

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 头 tóu

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她 tā 叹 tàn 了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì , 站 zhàn 了 le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ 地 de 拉 lā 好 hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,摸 mō 平头 píng tóu 发 fā .

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

我 wǒ 一下 yīxià 撞 zhuàng 到 dào 门框 mén kuàng 上 shǎng ,头 tóu 撞 zhuàng 破 pò 了 le .

I charged into a doorpost and hurt my head.

他们 tā men 窜 cuàn 过 Guò 边界 biānjiè 上 shǎng 的 de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,把 bǎ 一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

到 dào 1644年 Nián ,这 zhè 残垣 cán yuán 中 Zhōng 只 zhǐ 剩 shèng 一 yī 堆 duī 石头 shítou .

In 1644, a lone heap of stones from this remained.

把 bǎ 我 wǒ 饿 è 到头 dào tóu ,让 ràng 我 wǒ 死 sǐ 吧 bā .

Finish it off and let me die.

Words with 头 tóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
头 tóu head頭 tóu
头发 tóufa hair (on the head)頭髮
回头 huí tóu to turn round回頭
镜头 jìngtóu camera lens鏡頭
石头 shítou stone石頭
头儿 tóu r leader頭兒
头脑 tóu nǎo brains頭腦
街头 jiē tóu street街頭
码头 mǎtóu dock碼頭
骨头 gǔtou bone骨頭
点头 diǎn tóu to nod點頭
老头 lǎo tóu old fellow老頭
头痛 tóu tòng to have a headache頭痛
舌头 shétou tongue舌頭
摇头 yáo tóu to shake one's head搖頭
龙头 lóng tóu faucet龍頭
念头 niàn tou thought念頭
一头 yī tóu one head一頭
头疼 tóu téng headache頭疼
势头 shì tóu power勢頭
抬头 tái tóu to gain ground抬頭
开头 kāi tóu beginning開頭
丫头 yā tou girl丫頭
枕头 zhěntou pillow枕頭
尽头 jìn tóu end盡頭

头 tóu Decomposition & Compounds

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头 tóu Decomposition

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头 tóu Compounds

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