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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
石头 shítou	石头 \| 石头* \| *石头	stone / CL: 塊｜块	石頭 HSK 5


馒头 mántou	馒头 \| 馒头* \| *馒头	steamed roll / steamed bun / steamed bread / CL: 個｜个	饅頭 HSK 5


骨头 gǔtou	骨头 \| 骨头* \| *骨头	bone / CL: 根, 塊｜块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]	骨頭 HSK 5


木头 mùtou	木头 \| 木头* \| *木头	slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊｜块, 根	木頭 HSK 5


镜头 jìngtóu	镜头 \| 镜头* \| *镜头	camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene	鏡頭 HSK 6


口头 kǒutóu	口头 \| 口头* \| *口头	oral / verbal	口頭 HSK 6


拳头 quántou	拳头 \| 拳头* \| *拳头	fist / clenched fist / CL: 個｜个 / competitive (product)	拳頭 HSK 6


枕头 zhěntou	枕头 \| 枕头* \| *枕头	pillow	枕頭 HSK 6


舌头 shétou	舌头 \| 舌头* \| *舌头	tongue / CL: 個｜个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information	舌頭 HSK 6


水龙头 shuǐlóngtóu	水龙头 \| 水龙头* \| *水龙头	faucet / tap	水龍頭 HSK 6


NG镜头 N G jìngtóu	NG镜头 \| NG镜头* \| *NG镜头	(film and TV) blooper	NG鏡頭


掉头 diàotóu	掉头 \| 掉头* \| *掉头	to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about	掉頭


头 tóu	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	頭


头 tou	头 \| 头* \| *头	suffix for nouns	頭


包头 Bāotóu	包头 \| 包头* \| *包头	Baotou prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia	包頭


包头 bāotóu	包头 \| 包头* \| *包头	turban / headband	包頭


魔头 mótóu	魔头 \| 魔头* \| *魔头	monster; devil	魔頭


出头 chūtóu	出头 \| 出头* \| *出头	to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than	出頭


光头 guāngtóu	光头 \| 光头* \| *光头	shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless	光頭


大头 dàtóu	大头 \| 大头* \| *大头	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	大頭


点头 diǎntóu	点头 \| 点头* \| *点头	to nod	點頭


洗头 xǐtóu	洗头 \| 洗头* \| *洗头	to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo	洗頭


回头 huítóu	回头 \| 回头* \| *回头	to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by	回頭


抬头 táitóu	抬头 \| 抬头* \| *抬头	to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc	抬頭


摇头 yáotóu	摇头 \| 摇头* \| *摇头	to shake one's head	搖頭


汕头 Shàntóu	汕头 \| 汕头* \| *汕头	Shantou (formerly romanized as Swatow), prefecture-level city in Guangdong	汕頭


龙头 lóngtóu	龙头 \| 龙头* \| *龙头	faucet / water tap / bicycle handle bar / chief (esp. of gang) / boss / decision maker / (market) leader (of companies) / front end of mud-flow / figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船｜龙船	龍頭


低头 dītóu	低头 \| 低头* \| *低头	to bow the head / to yield / to give in	低頭


噱头 xuétóu	噱头 \| 噱头* \| *噱头	amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2]	噱頭


接头 jiētóu	接头 \| 接头* \| *接头	connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with	接頭


街头 jiētóu	街头 \| 街头* \| *街头	street	街頭


尽头 jìntóu	尽头 \| 尽头* \| *尽头	end / extremity / limit	盡頭


开头 kāitóu	开头 \| 开头* \| *开头	beginning / to start	開頭


斧头 fǔtóu	斧头 \| 斧头* \| *斧头	ax / hatchet / CL: 柄	斧頭


巨头 jùtóu	巨头 \| 巨头* \| *巨头	tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot	巨頭


把头 bǎtóu	把头 \| 把头* \| *把头	labor contractor / gangmaster	把頭


额头 étóu	额头 \| 额头* \| *额头	forehead	額頭


老头 lǎotóu	老头 \| 老头* \| *老头	old fellow / old man / father / husband	老頭


眉头 méitóu	眉头 \| 眉头* \| *眉头	brows	眉頭


源头 yuántóu	源头 \| 源头* \| *源头	source / fountainhead	源頭


扭头 niǔtóu	扭头 \| 扭头* \| *扭头	to turn one's head / to turn around	扭頭


带头 dàitóu	带头 \| 带头* \| *带头	to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example	帶頭


心头 xīntóu	心头 \| 心头* \| *心头	heart / thoughts / mind	心頭


过头 guòtóu	过头 \| 过头* \| *过头	to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead	過頭


头头 tóutóu	头头 \| 头头* \| *头头	head / chief	頭頭


箭头 jiàntóu	箭头 \| 箭头* \| *箭头	arrowhead / arrow symbol	箭頭


人头 réntóu	人头 \| 人头* \| *人头	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)	人頭


床头 chuángtóu	床头 \| 床头* \| *床头	bedhead / bedside / headboard	床頭


罐头 guàntou	罐头 \| 罐头* \| *罐头	tin / can / CL: 個｜个	罐頭


起头 qǐtóu	起头 \| 起头* \| *起头	to start / at first / beginning	起頭


小头 xiǎotóu	小头 \| 小头* \| *小头	the smaller part or share of sth	小頭


势头 shìtóu	势头 \| 势头* \| *势头	power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things	勢頭


派头 pàitóu	派头 \| 派头* \| *派头	manner / style / panache	派頭


牵头 qiāntóu	牵头 \| 牵头* \| *牵头	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)	牽頭


浪子回头 làngzǐhuítóu	浪子回头 \| 浪子回头* \| *浪子回头	the return of a prodigal son (idiom)	浪子回頭


上头 shàngtóu	上头 \| 上头* \| *上头	(of alcohol) to go to one's head / (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun / (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time	上頭


上头 shàngtou	上头 \| 上头* \| *上头	above / on top of / on the surface of	上頭


仰头 yǎngtóu	仰头 \| 仰头* \| *仰头	to raise one's head	仰頭


念头 niàntou	念头 \| 念头* \| *念头	thought / idea / intention	念頭


插头 chātóu	插头 \| 插头* \| *插头	plug	插頭


转头 zhuǎntóu	转头 \| 转头* \| *转头	to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent	轉頭


转头 zhuàntóu	转头 \| 转头* \| *转头	nutation (plants turning to face the sun)	轉頭


年头 niántóu	年头 \| 年头* \| *年头	start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest	年頭


由头 yóutou	由头 \| 由头* \| *由头	pretext / excuse / justification / reason	由頭


乳头 rǔtóu	乳头 \| 乳头* \| *乳头	nipple	乳頭


寸头 cùntóu	寸头 \| 寸头* \| *寸头	(male hair style) crew cut / butch cut	寸頭


探头 tàntóu	探头 \| 探头* \| *探头	to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit	探頭


手头 shǒutóu	手头 \| 手头* \| *手头	on hand / at hand / one's financial situation	手頭


葱头 cōngtóu	葱头 \| 葱头* \| *葱头	onion / Western round onion	蔥頭


多头 duōtóu	多头 \| 多头* \| *多头	many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)	多頭


户头 hùtóu	户头 \| 户头* \| *户头	bank account / CL: 個｜个	戶頭


两头 liǎngtóu	两头 \| 两头* \| *两头	both ends / both parties to a deal	兩頭


洞头 Dòngtóu	洞头 \| 洞头* \| *洞头	Dontou county in Wenzhou 溫州｜温州, Zhejiang	洞頭


风头 fēngtóu	风头 \| 风头* \| *风头	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	風頭


平头 píngtóu	平头 \| 平头* \| *平头	flattop / crew cut / common (people)	平頭


个头 gètóu	个头 \| 个头* \| *个头	size / height	個頭


个头 getóu	个头 \| 个头* \| *个头	(coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right!	個頭


关头 guāntóu	关头 \| 关头* \| *关头	juncture / moment	關頭


领头 lǐngtóu	领头 \| 领头* \| *领头	to take the lead / to be first to start	領頭


片头 piàntóu	片头 \| 片头* \| *片头	opening titles (of movie) / leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel)	片頭


龟头 guītóu	龟头 \| 龟头* \| *龟头	head of a turtle / glans penis	龜頭


字头 zìtóu	字头 \| 字头* \| *字头	first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable	字頭


钻头 zuàntóu	钻头 \| 钻头* \| *钻头	drill bit	鑽頭


砖头 zhuāntou	砖头 \| 砖头* \| *砖头	brick	磚頭


里头 lǐtou	里头 \| 里头* \| *里头	inside / interior	裡頭


报头 bàotóu	报头 \| 报头* \| *报头	masthead (of a newspaper etc) / nameplate	報頭


桥头 Qiáotóu	桥头 \| 桥头* \| *桥头	Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣｜高雄县, southwest Taiwan	橋頭


桥头 qiáotóu	桥头 \| 桥头* \| *桥头	either end of a bridge / a bridgehead	橋頭


尖头 jiāntóu	尖头 \| 尖头* \| *尖头	pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly	尖頭


苦头 kǔtou	苦头 \| 苦头* \| *苦头	sufferings	苦頭


白头 báitóu	白头 \| 白头* \| *白头	hoary head / old age	白頭


山头 shāntóu	山头 \| 山头* \| *山头	mountain top	山頭


肩头 jiāntóu	肩头 \| 肩头* \| *肩头	on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder	肩頭


埋头 máitóu	埋头 \| 埋头* \| *埋头	to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)	埋頭


苗头 miáotou	苗头 \| 苗头* \| *苗头	first signs / development (of a situation)	苗頭


磕头 kētóu	磕头 \| 磕头* \| *磕头	to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)	磕頭


秃头 tūtóu	秃头 \| 秃头* \| *秃头	to bare one's head; to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person	禿頭


当头 dāngtóu	当头 \| 当头* \| *当头	coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first	當頭


当头 dàngtou	当头 \| 当头* \| *当头	(coll.) pledge; surety	當頭


前头 qiántou	前头 \| 前头* \| *前头	in front / at the head / ahead / above	前頭

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