tóu tou

head; top; chief, first; boss

HSK 3 #147

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised
xìng tou keen interest; concentrated attention
上司 dǐng tóu shàng si one's immediate superior
功 tóu gōng first class merit
套 tóu tào actor's headgear; wig; head covering
niǔ tóu to turn one's head; to turn around
jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc
piàn tóu opening titles (of movie); leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)
chú tou hoe; CL:把[ba3]
颈 tóu jǐng (dialect) neck
冤大 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish; sb with more money than sense
kōng tóu phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise); (finance) short-seller; bear (market); short (selling)
羊 lǐng tóu yáng bellwether
并进 qí tóu bìng jìn to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks; going hand in hand
liǎng tóu both ends; both parties to a deal
冲昏脑 chōng hūn tóu nǎo lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally; to go to one's head
草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person; opportunist
bǐ tóu ability to write; writing skill; written; in written form
晕目眩 tóu yūn mù xuàn to have a dizzy spell; dazzled
吃苦 chī kǔ tou to suffer; to suffer for one's actions; to pay dearly; to burn one's fingers
苦干 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
紧 shǒu tóu jǐn short of money; hard up
硬着皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
huà tóu subject (under discussion); thread (of an argument)
赶上 yíng tóu gǎn shàng to try hard to catch up