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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *低* | 低* | *低
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
HSK 2
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  *长* | 长* | *长
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
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  *头* | 头* | *头
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
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
clear-headed / sober / awake
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烧* | 烧* | *烧
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
HSK 4
head / skull / brains / mental capability / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
calm; cool-headed; dispassionate / (of a place) deserted; quiet
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *慌* | 慌* | *慌
to get panicky; to lose one's head / (coll.) (after ) unbearably; terribly
HSK 5
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
to shake one's head
HSK 5
to lead / to command / to head
HSK 5
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
HSK 5
head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
HSK 6
department head / section chief
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昏* | 昏* | *昏
muddle-headed / twilight / to faint / to lose consciousness
HSK 6
head
HSK 7-9
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
HSK 7-9
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
brains / mind / head / way of thinking
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奔* | 奔* | *奔
to go to / to head for / towards / Taiwan pr. [ben1]
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
all over / from head to foot
HSK 7-9
top of the head
HSK 7-9
hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
HSK 7-9
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
head office / general office / central office
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *页* | 页* | *页
head
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脑* | 脑* | *脑
brain / mind / head / essence
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昂* | 昂* | *昂
to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
county head magistrate (old)
to raise one's head
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *魁* | 魁* | *魁
chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart
tripod head
cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
head of provincial PRC government department
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枕* | 枕* | *枕
(bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
village chief / village head
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颖* | 颖* | *颖
head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding
(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)
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
head / skull
hoary head / old age
the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia)
actor's headgear / wig / head covering
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused; chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded
head of the household
hindbrain / back of the head
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纲* | 纲* | *纲
head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颞* | 颞* | *颞
bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple
Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)
vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier
to show one's head / to give a sign to show one's presence
well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host
head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
dizzy / giddy / one's head spins
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing

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