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

灰雀 huī tóu huī què (bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
綠鳩 huī tóu lǜ jiū (bird species of China) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
藪鶥 huī tóu sǒu méi (bird species of China) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
雀鶥 huī tóu què méi (bird species of China) Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
鴉雀 huī tóu yā què (bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus gularis)
鵐 huī tóu wú (bird species of China) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
鶇 huī tóu dōng (bird species of China) chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
鸚鵡 huī tóu yīng wǔ (bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
麥雞 huī tóu mài jī (bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
無厘 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
蒼蠅 wú tóu cāng ying headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom); fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
yān tóu cigarette butt; fag-end; CL:根[gen1]
兒 yān tóu r erhua variant of 煙頭|烟头[yan1 tou2]
熬出 áo chū tóu to break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it
兒 áo tou r (coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel
dēng tóu electric light socket; burner (component of a kerosene lamp); light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
髮 tàng tóu fa perm; to perm hair
爛舌 làn shé tóu to gossip; to blab; a blab-mouth
草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person; opportunist
piàn tóu opening titles (of movie); leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)
niú tóu Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology; ox head; ox-head shaped wine vessel
㹴 niú tóu gěng variant of 牛頭梗|牛头梗[niu2 tou2 geng3]
不對馬嘴 niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐ see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu:2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3]
伯勞 niú tóu bó láo (bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)