头

tóu

head, hair or hair style, top; end, beginning or end, remnant; end, chief; head; leader, side; aspect, noun suffix added to a noun, verb, or adjective, noun suffix added to a word of locality, first, (used for certain domestic animals), (used for garlic), (after the numeral一, used for a marriage), (used before a numeral) first, (used before 年 or 天) previous; last, leading, before; prior to

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beginning or end; cobbra; conk; crumpet; end; first; garret; hair; head

leading; nob; noddle; pate; sconce; side; top; twopenny

【医】 capita; caput; cephal-; cephalo-; head; kephal-; kephalo-

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caput; cobbra; conk; garret; head; knowledge-box; nob; noddle; offal; sconce; twopenny

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tóu

adj. first, leading

tóu

n. start, beginning, chief, side, aspect, head, hair, hairstyle, top

tóu

measure word for livestock

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1)

tou2

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

2)

tou5

suff. for nouns

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1) 头（頭）

tóu

名

（人或动物的顶部） head:

点头 nod one's head;

转过头去 turn one's head

（指头发或所留的发式） hair or hair style:

平头 crew cut;

分头 parted hair;

剪头 have one's hair cut;

梳头 comb the hair

（物体的顶端或末梢） top; tip; end:

笔头儿 the tip of a writing brush or pencil; the end of a pencil;

村东头 the east end of a village;

山头 the top of a hill; hilltop

（事情的起点或终点） beginning or end:

话头儿 thread of discourse;

从头至尾 from beginning to end;

从头讲起 tell the story from the very beginning;

提个头 give sb. a lead;

到头来 in the end; finally

（物品的残余部分） remnant; end; remains:

布头儿 leftover of a bolt of cloth; odd bits of cloth;

烟头 cigarette end (stub; stump);

铅笔头 pencil stub (stump)

(头目) head; chief:

工头 foreman; boss;

土匪头 chieftain;

谁是你们组的头? Who is the head of your group?

（方面） aspect; side:

分头进行 proceed each following one assignment;

只顾一头 pay attention to only one aspect;

两头落空 fall between two stools;

既然决定了， 就分头去办。 Now that a decision has been taken, let each one do his job.

（是非界限） bounds:

做事（说话）过了头 go beyond the bounds of what is right

形

（领头的; 次序居先的） lead; head:

头马 lead horse;

先头舰 a headmost ship

数

（第一） first:

头等 first-grade; first-class;

头奖 first prize;

头胎 firstborn

（用在数量词前面， 表示次序在前的） first:

头一次 the first time;

头半本 the first half of a book;

头三天 the first three days

(方) （用在“年”或“天”前面， 表示时间在先的） last; previous:

头几年 the past few years;

头天 the previous day; the day before

介

(临; 接近) prior to; about; before:

头吃饭要洗手 wash hands before eating;

头5点就得动身 have to start before (by) five

量

（用于牛、驴、骡、羊等家畜）:

两头牛 two head of cattle;

一头驴 a donkey

（用于蒜）:

一头蒜 a bulb of garlic

另见 tou。

2) 头(頭)

tou

(后缀)

（接于名词性词根）:

骨头 bone;

馒头 steamed bread (bun);

舌头 tongue

（接于动词性词根）:

奔头 prospect; sth. to strive for;

看头 sth. worth seeing (reading);

想头 idea; hope

（接于形容词性词根）:

苦头 suffering;

甜头儿 a foretaste of sweetness; benefit;

准头 accuracy (in speech, etc.)

（接在方位词后）:

里头 inside; interior;

前头 above; before; in front;

上头 above;

下头 below

另见 tóu。

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Ⅰ. 頭|头 [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 [gè]

Ⅱ. 頭|头 [tõu] ► suff. for nouns