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

扇尾鶯 jīn tóu shàn wěi yīng (bird species of China) golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
穗鶥 jīn tóu suì méi (bird species of China) golden babbler (Stachyridopsis chrysaea)
縫葉鶯 jīn tóu fèng yè yīng (bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus)
黑雀 jīn tóu hēi què (bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
dīng tóu head of nail
線腦 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo needle and thread; sewing implements; needlework; (fig.) unimportant thing
篙 gōu tóu gāo boathook
銀樣鑞槍 yín yàng là qiāng tóu silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior
chú tou hoe; CL:把[ba3]
鯊 chuí tóu shā a hammerhead shark
鍋蓋 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle)
gǎo tou pickaxe
jìng tóu camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene
zhōng tóu hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
鐮刀斧 lián dāo fǔ tóu the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)
zuàn tóu drill bit
溝 mén tóu gōu Mentougou district of Beijing municipality
溝區 mén tóu gōu qū Mentougou district of Beijing
開弓沒有回箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom); fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started; to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
kāi tóu beginning; to start
lán tóu lintel; architrave
guān tóu juncture; moment
雞蛋碰石 jī dàn pèng shí tou lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom); fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself; to overrate one's abilities
雞蛋裡挑骨 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick (idiom)
米 jī tóu mǐ Gorgon fruit; Semen euryales (botany); see also 芡實|芡实[qian4 shi2]