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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
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
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
to nod
HSK 2
inside; interior
HSK 2
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
HSK 3
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
HSK 4
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
to shake one's head
HSK 5
headache
HSK 6
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
street
HSK 6
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
steamed bun
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
pillow
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
tin / can / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
fist / (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
HSK 7-9
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
top of the head
HSK 7-9
source / fountainhead
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
dizzy
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
end; extremity; limit
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
HSK 7-9
girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
HSK 7-9
head
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
title / rank / appellation
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
HSK 7-9
size / height / stature
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
HSK 7-9
leader
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
to steal the show / to grab the limelight
stupid (Wu dialect)
(slang) honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
solo garlic; single-clove garlic
sth to strive for / prospect
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
to the end (of) / at the end of / in the end / to come to an end
the bow or prow of a ship
Rémy Martin cognac
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
cephalothorax
(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门 during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)
(bird species of China) orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)
to start / at first / beginning
size / height
(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头 "expert", my ass!)
fingertip / finger
to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to
(bird species of China) puff-throated babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps)
(bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
(bird species of China) black-headed bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)
(bird species of China) golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
from head to foot
(bird species of China) western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
pickup (cartridge assembly of a vinyl record player)
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
manner / style / panache
webcam / surveillance camera
triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)

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