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

賤骨 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch; contemptible individual
zhuàn tou profit (colloquial)
走回路 zǒu huí tóu lù to turn back; to backtrack; (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
qǐ tóu to start; at first; beginning
趕浪 gǎn làng tou to follow the trend
gēn tou tumble; somersault
蟲 gēn tou chóng wriggler; mosquito larva
車到山前必有路,船到橋自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.; Let's worry about it when it happens.; It will be all right on the night.
燈 chē tóu dēng (vehicle) headlight
相 chē tóu xiàng photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession
zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent
zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
pèi tóu bridle
yíng tóu to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly
兒 yíng tóu r erhua variant of 迎頭|迎头[ying2 tou2]
打擊 yíng tóu dǎ jī to hit head on
痛擊 yíng tóu tòng jī to deliver a frontal assault; to meet head-on (idiom)
趕上 yíng tóu gǎn shàng to try hard to catch up
這年 zhè nián tou (coll.) nowadays
guò tóu to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
話 guò tóu huà exaggeration
避風 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
biān tóu the end; border; just before the end
醜話說在前 chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature; major activity