Chinese Notes

头 (頭) tóu

tóu noun head
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Of a person or animal; for example, 人头 '[human] head' (Guoyu '頭' n 1; Unihan '頭')
tóu measure word measure word for heads of cattle, etc
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 9; Norman 1988, p. 115).
tóu noun top
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Of an object; in the sense of 顶端 (Guoyu '頭' n 4; Unihan '頭')
tóu noun a piece; an aspect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 6)
tóu noun a leader
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Of a group or company; in the sense of 首领 (Guoyu '頭' n 3; Unihan '頭')
tóu adjective first
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 头奖 'first place' (Guoyu '頭' adj 1)
tou suffix head
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A noun suffix dating in Chinese vernacular to the Nanbeichao; for example, 拳头 'fist' (Guoyu '頭' tou; Norman 1988, p. 114)
tóu suffix top; side; head
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A localizing suffix, for example 里头 'inside' and 外头 'outside' or nominal suffix, as in 舌头 'tongue' and 老头 'old man' (Norman 1988, p. 162; Sun 2006, loc. 714)
tóu noun hair
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 头发; for example, 剪头 'get a haircut' (Guoyu '頭' n 2)
tóu noun start; end
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of a situation (Guoyu '頭' n 5; Unihan '頭')
tóu noun a commission
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of a transaction or gambling proceeds; as in 抽头 (Guoyu '頭' n 7)
tóu noun a person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 老实头 'an honest person' (Guoyu '頭' n 8)
tóu noun direction; bearing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方位 (Guoyu '頭' n 10)
tóu adjective previous
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 在先 (Guoyu '頭' adj 2)

Contained in

叉头(叉頭) prong of a fork
套头(套頭) (of a garment) designed to be put on by pulling it over one's head (like a sweater or T-shirt etc)
罐头起子(罐頭起子) can opener
点头招呼(點頭招呼) beckon
蓬头跣足(蓬頭跣足) matted hair and bare feet; unkempt
回头是岸(回頭是岸) the shore is right before you; to repent and start afresh
改头换面(改頭換面) constantly changing faces; unceasing change
镜头(鏡頭) camera lense
灰头雀鹛(灰頭雀鶥) Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
抛头露面(拋頭露面) to show your face in public
凤头树燕(鳳頭樹燕) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
天星码头(天星碼頭) Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
两头三面(兩頭三面) two heads, three faces; complex scheming
头牌(頭牌) tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role
肱三头肌(肱三頭肌) triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
乳头瘤(乳頭瘤) papilloma
后头(後頭) the back; the rear side ; later; the future
白头海雕(白頭海鵰) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
头重(頭重) disequilibrium; top-heavy; heaviness in the head
出风头(出風頭) to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight
准头(準頭) nose ; a standard
磕头如捣蒜(磕頭如搗蒜) to kowtow like grinding garlic; to pound the ground with one's head
多头市场(多頭市場) bull market
头光(頭光) a nimbus; a halo
钉头(釘頭) head of nail
头晕目眩(頭暈目眩) to have a dizzy spell; dazzled
头盖(頭蓋) skull; cranium
愣头愣脑(愣頭愣腦) rash; reckless
黄头鹡鸰(黃頭鶺鴒) citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
金头黑雀(金頭黑雀) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
贼头贼脑(賊頭賊腦) lit. to behave like a thief; furtive; underhand
接头(接頭) to join; to connect; connection; junction; fitting (plumbing); connector; terminal (electrical engineering)
光头党(光頭黨) skinheads
有头无尾(有頭無尾) to start but not finish
头版(頭版) (newspaper's) front page
头号字(頭號字) largest typeface; biggest letters
头儿脑儿(頭兒腦兒) leading figure; bigwig
抢镜头(搶鏡頭) to scoop the best camera shots; to grab the limelight
青字头(青字頭) top of 青 character component in Chinese characters
死对头(死對頭) arch-enemy; sworn enemy
好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
笼头(籠頭) headstall; bridle
车头相(車頭相) photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession
矛头指向(矛頭指向) to target (for attack, criticism etc)
地头蛇(地頭蛇) local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
骨头节儿(骨頭節兒) joint (of the skeleton)
头昏眼暗(頭昏眼暗) head spinning and eyes dark; dizzy; fainting; vertigo

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卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 70
卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 48
卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42
第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 40
卷一百四十四志第九十七儀衞二 Volume 144 Treatises 97: Ceremonial Guards 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
卷一百六十九志第一百二十二職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
《頁部》 Yè Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 34
第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 33
卷四十一　志第二十二:　儀衞上常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 33
第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 32

Collocations

头曼 (頭曼) 宋景公頭曼元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords — count: 11
岸头 (岸頭) 岸頭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 6
头足 (頭足) 是貴其冠履而忘其頭足也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 5
王头 (王頭) 乃持項王頭視魯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 5
头侯 (頭侯) 岸頭侯張次公為將軍 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來將相名臣年表》 Yearly Table of Statesmen, Generals and Officials since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 5
仑头 (侖頭) 侖頭易苦漢使矣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《大宛列傳》 Treatise on the Dayuan — count: 4
曰头 (曰頭) 匈奴單于曰頭曼 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 3
头兰 (頭蘭) 行誅頭蘭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《西南夷列傳》 Treatise on the Southwestern Yi people — count: 2
持头 (持頭) 持頭 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 2
头献 (頭獻) 明年之請以頭獻王者歲十餘人 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 2