tóu tou

head; top; chief, first; boss

DEFINITIONS

頭 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]
頭 tou
  • suffix for nouns

STROKES

WORDS

雁 bān tóu yàn (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
鵂鶹 bān tóu xiū liú (bird species of China) Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
liào tóu remainder of cloth; scraps
兒 liào tóu r erhua variant of 料頭|料头[liao4 tou2]
fǔ tóu ax; hatchet; CL:柄[bing3]
台 duàn tóu tái guillotine; scaffold
fāng tóu square headed
巾 fāng tóu jīn headscarf
括號 fāng tóu kuò hào lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)
螺帽 fāng tóu luó mào square headed nut
rì tóu sun (dialect); daytime; date
hūn tóu to lose one's head; to be out of one's mind; to be dazed
昏腦 hūn tóu hūn nǎo confused; dizzy; fainting
啄木鳥 xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
yūn tóu dizzy
轉向 yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng confused and disoriented
兒 yuè tóu r start of the month (colloquial)
有年 yǒu nián tou for donkey's years; for ages
有搞 yǒu gǎo tou (coll.) worthwhile; likely to be fruitful
有尾 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish.
無尾 yǒu tóu wú wěi to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]
木偶 zhàng tóu mù ǒu zhangtou wooden rod puppetry
東一榔西一棒子 dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
村 dōng tóu cūn Tung Tau Tseun village, Hong Kong Island