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HSK
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
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
to nod
HSK 2
inside; interior
HSK 2
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
HSK 3
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
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
in front / at the head / ahead / above
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
dock / pier / wharf / CL: 個|个
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
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
beginning / to start
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
street
HSK 6
steamed bun
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
head
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
HSK 7-9
end; extremity; limit
HSK 7-9
pillow
HSK 7-9
the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
HSK 7-9
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
source / fountainhead
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
HSK 7-9
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
omen / portent / sign
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
dizzy
HSK 7-9
top of the head
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
tin / can / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
title / rank / appellation
HSK 7-9
fist / (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
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
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
leader
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
size / height / stature
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
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
down-pointing arrow
migraine
connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
(slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off
to raise one's head
qualities that make sth worth seeing (or reading)
old fellow / old man / father / husband
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
plug
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
brick
nipple
either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
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
portrait; bust / (computing) profile picture; avatar
drill bit
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
(finance) cash position; position
ax / hatchet / CL:
bedhead / bedside / headboard
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头
headhunting (executive recruitment) / headhunter (profession) / headhunting (tribal custom)
(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
(pharm.) cephalosporin
hoary head / old age
Mentougou, a district of Beijing
turban / headband

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