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English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
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
in front / in advance of the field
tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
head / chief
header (computing)
first class / prime / main
(soccer) header
to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)
to have a headache
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
(idiom) dazed / dizzy
dizzy
HSK 7-9
dizzy and light-headed
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
the 7th day after a person's death / the first 7-day period after a person's death
(newspaper's) front page
overhead / above
Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
boss / gang leader
Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
(idiom) to feel giddy; to feel dizzy; one's head spins
brainstorming
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all
headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
largest typeface / biggest letters
headache (Chinese medicine)
fainting and giddy / one's head spins
to treat the symptoms / reactive (rather than proactive)
headphones
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
the first
first class merit
down payment
lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised
top of the head
HSK 7-9
top news story
(dialect) neck
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
head spinning and blurred vision / giddy / in a faint
dizzying / it makes one's head spin
string to tie hair
lucid / clear-headed / sensible
(slang) stubborn; headstrong
head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks
head / skull
(pharm.) cephalosporin
portrait; bust / (computing) profile picture; avatar
comb; hairbrush
dandruff
hairnet / hood / cowl
head
HSK 7-9
head person / leader
actor's headgear / wig / head covering
ringleader / gang leader / chieftain
(car racing) pole position / (obstetrics) cephalic presentation (i.e. head-first birth)
leader
Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
first prize in a lottery
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
outline / main threads
headache
HSK 6
(finance) cash position; position
initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
previous night
to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
to have a splitting headache (idiom)
scalp
skull
headstand
all brawn no brains
skull / cranium
clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
the first time / for the first time
head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy / fainting / vertigo
helmet
title / rank / appellation
HSK 7-9
first place / leader (of a race)
itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)
see 初伏
headband
a crown / top of the head
(pharm.) cephalosporin
cephalothorax
Toutunhe, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
headlight (of a vehicle) / headlamp; head torch
leading figure / bigwig
HMD; head-mounted display (abbr. for 頭戴式顯示器|头戴式显示器)
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
bellwether
youngster's talent / brilliance of youth
morning / first half of the day

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