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

頭 stroke order diagram

WORDS

梗 niú tóu gěng bull terrier
犬 niú tóu quǎn bulldog
láo tóu jailer (old)
qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
lí tóu plowshare; colter; (dialect) plow
狗血噴 gǒu xiě pēn tóu torrent of abuse (idiom)
狗血淋 gǒu xuè lín tóu lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom); fig. torrent of abuse
軍師 gǒu tóu jūn shī (derog.) inept advisor; a good-for-nothing adviser; one who offers bad advice
láng tou variant of 榔頭|榔头[lang2 tou5]
菇 hóu tóu gū Hericium erinaceus
獅子 shī zi tóu lit. lion's head; pork meatballs
石竹 shī tóu shí zhú grenadine; carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
獨佔鰲 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
liè tóu headhunting (executive recruitment); headhunter (profession); headhunting (tribal custom)
人 liè tóu rén head-hunter; headhunter; recruiter
姬鶲 yù tóu jī wēng (bird species of China) sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
lǐ tóu to have a haircut; to cut sb's hair
tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
生死關 shēng sǐ guān tóu the critical moment; life and death crisis
shuǎi tóu to fling back one's head
yóu tou pretext; excuse; justification; reason
dāng tóu coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first
dàng tou (coll.) pledge; surety
yǐn tóu craving; addiction
兒 yǐn tóu r erhua variant of 癮頭|瘾头[yin3 tou2]