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

散髮 péng tóu sàn fà disheveled
跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet; unkempt
cōng tóu onion; Western round onion
jiàn tou employment agent (arch.); job broker
店 jiàn tou diàn job agency (arch.); employment shop
紅尾鴝 lán tóu hóng wěi qú (bird species of China) blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account; half-truths
jiào tou Chinese onion (Allium chinense)
虎字 hǔ zì tóu name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141); see also 虍[hu1]
海鵰 hǔ tóu hǎi diāo (bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
牌 hǔ tóu pái The Tiger tablet, Yuan dynasty play by Li Zhifu 李直夫[Li3 Zhi2 fu1]
蛇尾 hǔ tóu shé wěi lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
蜂 hǔ tóu fēng hornet
xū tóu to play tricks; to deceive
hào tóu number; serial number
shé tóu head of a snake; human smuggler
蠟燭兩燒 là zhú liǎng tóu shāo to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
háng tóu team leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic)
xíng tou a person's clothing; outfit; actor's costume
jiē tóu street
巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series)
衝昏腦 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
yuán tóu silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3]
lǐ tou inside; interior