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behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *头* | 头* | *头
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
inside; interior
HSK 2
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
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
to nod
HSK 2
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
beginning / to start
HSK 6
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
to shake one's head
HSK 5
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
street
HSK 6
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
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
HSK 4
leader
HSK 7-9
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
fist / (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
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
nipple
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
headache
HSK 6
migraine
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
(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)
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
HSK 3
See you! / Bye!
Ecstasy / MDMA
(coll.) hour
HSK 6
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
to fall / fig. to suffer a setback
(pharm.) cephalosporin
to give a lead
remainder of cloth / scraps
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
(cinema) slow motion
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
(bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint
(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
fingertip / finger
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
top news story
dizzy
HSK 7-9
triceps muscle / triceps brachii
every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
head of a turtle / glans penis
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
steamed bun
HSK 6
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
1st class cabin
bellwether
girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
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
first prize
head
HSK 7-9
shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
cloud
first class / prime / main
to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
leader (blank section at the beginning or end of a reel of film)
(cinema, TV) title sequence; opening credits; intro
source; origin; fountainhead
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
title / rank / appellation
HSK 7-9
to be confused / to be baffled
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
turban / headband

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