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HSK
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
to nod
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
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
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
topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine)
XLR connector
(coll.) hour
HSK 6
to fall / fig. to suffer a setback
remainder of cloth / scraps
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
(cinema) slow motion
reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
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
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
(fig.) (coll.) sensitivity to hot food or drink; person who has such a sensitivity
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
shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
cloud
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
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
turban / headband
plowshare / colter / (dialect) plow
silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
to bare one's head; to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person
coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
(coll.) pledge; surety
pillow
HSK 7-9
eccentric notion / strange whim
head / chief
straight away; right off the bat / right on the head; right in the face
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)
amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2]
lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom) / fig. torrent of abuse
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
(film and TV) blooper
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page
brows
brick
to emerge / to crop up / a little more than
tin / can / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
bank account / CL: 個|个
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
ax / hatchet / CL:
to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) / tap (in an electromagnetic coil) / drawer (of a desk etc)
spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense
enemy (idiom); opponent / arch-enemy
headhunting (executive recruitment) / headhunter (profession) / headhunting (tribal custom)
end; extremity; limit
HSK 7-9
both ends / both parties to a deal
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
to meet / to hold a meeting

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