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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
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
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
to nod
HSK 2
inside; interior
HSK 2
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
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
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
beginning / to start
HSK 6
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
street
HSK 6
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
steamed bun
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
tin / can / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
pillow
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
fist / (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
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 signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
end; extremity; limit
HSK 7-9
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
girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
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
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
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 push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
to the end (of) / at the end of / in the end / to come to an end
size / height
(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头 "expert", my ass!)
webcam / surveillance camera
good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
(film and TV) blooper
closely cropped hair; crew cut / (of people) common; ordinary
faucet; tap / bicycle handlebar / chief; boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader; front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船
Shetou Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
plug
pickup (cartridge assembly of a vinyl record player)
head of a turtle / glans penis
arrowhead / arrow symbol
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
leader (blank section at the beginning or end of a reel of film)
(cinema, TV) title sequence; opening credits; intro
one's heart; one's mind
connector; joint; coupling / (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with / to have knowledge of; to be familiar with
bedhead / bedside / headboard
coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
(coll.) pledge; surety
shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless
to start / at first / beginning
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)
head of nail
horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头, pier
to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent
nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
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
(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)
showerhead
start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
ax / hatchet / CL:
oligarch
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
bank account / CL: 個|个
to decapitate; to behead
pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk
taro
see 耍滑
nipple
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
on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder

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