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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
  *指* | 指* | *指
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
pattern hair loss; androgenetic alopecia
beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL: , / (coll.) bandit
HSK 5
black hair
hair
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
hair cream
luxuriant black hair
the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit / an iota
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬙* | 鬙* | *鬙
short hair / unkempt
hair volume
child
a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction
clip / hair fastener / checkpoint
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髮* | 髮* | *髮
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
hair dryer
lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / fig. extremely stingy
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
grizzled (hair)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黰* | 黰* | *黰
bushy black hair
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
HSK 7-9
fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge
hair clippers
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
separately / severally / parted hair
straight hair
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
HSK 7-9
to get a hair transplant
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毫* | 毫* | *毫
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
beautiful hair
to part one's hair in the middle
granny gray (hair color)
hair follicle
(of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
Pantene (hair products brand)
to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攏* | 攏* | *攏
to gather together; to collect / to approach; to draw near to / to add; to sum up / to comb (hair)
white or gray hair / CL:
hair ends
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious / nitpick
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
(male hair style) crew cut / butch cut
many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle
body hair
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙 or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙 / (slang) man without pubic hair
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髽* | 髽* | *髽
dress the hair
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
highlight (hair) / partial hair dye
hair / soft hair / down
(literary) gray hair
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髻* | 髻* | *髻
hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髧* | 髧* | *髧
long hair
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乍* | 乍* | *乍
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
silver hair; gray hair
(of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old) / to carve a face
lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / fig. innumerable; countless
(men) sideburns / (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL: , 間|间
closely cropped hair; crew cut / (of people) common; ordinary
hair conditioner
hair ends
(of a breeze) to make (hair, leaves, clothing etc) sway gently; to ruffle
bangs / fringe (hair)
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
hair straightener
(of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth / (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髫* | 髫* | *髫
(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)
to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縰* | 縰* | *縰
band for the hair
(coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron; hair tongs
hair (on the head)
armpit hair
bun hair extension
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
a hair / the slightest
lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茬* | 茬* | *茬
stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned
hair worn in a bun or coil
part (in one's hair)
(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)

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