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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *头* | 头* | *头
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
to nod
HSK 2
inside; interior
HSK 2
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / 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
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
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
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
all year round
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
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
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
source / fountainhead
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
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
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
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
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
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
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
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
burial mound
profit (colloquial)
down-pointing arrow
bedhead / bedside / headboard
(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)
regular men's haircut / short back and sides
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
plug
throat / larynx
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
either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
(usu. of troops) in advance; in the vanguard / previously / in front; placed ahead of others
brick
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
nipple
cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
Pitou Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
drill bit
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
ax / hatchet / CL:
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)
hoary head / old age
turban / headband
the front (nose) of a plane etc
correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
(longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯
wharf; dock; quay; pier
Chinese character component , used in , , etc
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
(coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile / cf. 有搞頭|有搞头 and 沒搞頭|没搞头
spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense
to have one's head shaved
start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
warhead
arrowhead / arrow symbol

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