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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
bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
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
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
street
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
steamed bun
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
all year round
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
head
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
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
source / fountainhead
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
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
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
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
omen / portent / sign
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
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
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
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
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
fist / (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
HSK 7-9
size / height / stature
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
(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
(bird species of China) Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
(bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
burial mound
profit (colloquial)
optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
(bird species of China) western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
(bird species of China) black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua)
HMD; head-mounted display (abbr. for 頭戴式顯示器|头戴式显示器)
down-pointing arrow
Potou, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
sphinx
papilloma
bedhead / bedside / headboard
the Beatles (music band)
(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
(dialect) underpants / (swimming) trunks
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument)
when things come to a head (idiom)
(pharm.) cephalosporin
migraine
regular men's haircut / short back and sides
size / body size
key enterprises; leading enterprises
connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
(slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off
to raise one's head

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