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

大姐 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader; female boss; big sister
大捕 dà bǔ tóu head constable
大禍臨 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
大舌 dà shé tou (coll.) lisp; one who lisps
大虎蜂 dà hǔ tóu fēng Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
大限臨 dà xiàn lín tóu facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave
照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
目 dà tóu mù the boss
貼 dà tóu tiē photo sticker booth
釘 dà tóu dīng tack; thumbtack; push pin
大鳳燕鷗 dà fèng tóu yàn ōu (bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
天星碼 tiān xīng mǎ tóu Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
tiān tóu the upper margin of a page
bèn tou sth to strive for; prospect
兒 bèn tou r erhua variant of 奔頭|奔头[ben4 tou5]
tào tóu (of a garment) designed to be put on by pulling it over one's head (like a sweater or T-shirt etc)
nǎi tóu nipple; teat (on baby's bottle)
好戲還在後 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come; you ain't seen nothin' yet
好記性不如爛筆 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
好馬不吃回草 hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom); fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc); leave the past behind
妹妹 mèi mei tóu bob (hairstyle)
pīn tou lover; mistress
zì tóu first letter of a word or serial number; first character of a Chinese word; first digit of a number; the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character; the initial of a Chinese syllable
càn tou (dialect) weakling; coward
定焦鏡 dìng jiāo jìng tóu prime lens