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頭

tóu

head; top; chief, first; boss

Strokes
16
Radical
頁
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 头

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 头, the simplified form of 頭. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 回头看！

    Huí tóu kàn

    Look back!

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  • 他有长头发。

    Tā yǒu cháng tóu fa

    He has long hair.

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  • 这些是找头。

    Zhè xiē shì zhǎo tou

    This is your change.

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  • 我睡过头了。

    Wǒ shuì guò tóu le

    I overslept.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 头

  • 头tóu 2head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock
  • 头发tóu fa 2–5hair (on the head)
  • 点头diǎn tóu 3–2 to nod
  • 里头lǐ tou 3–5inside; interior
  • 石头shí tou 2–5stone
  • 头脑tóu nǎo 2–3 brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
  • 木头mù tou 4–5slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc)
  • 老头儿lǎo tóu r 3–2 see 老头子
  • 镜头jìng tóu 4–2 camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene
  • 骨头gǔ tou 3–5bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou]
  • 后头hòu tou 4–5behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
  • 前头qián tou 2–5in front; at the head; ahead; above