( 嘴 ) word ⇒ 他只是口头上答应了。 Tā zhǐshì kǒutóu shang dāying le. → He agreed verbally.
回头
( 转头 ) turn around
块头
build
埋头
bury oneself in ⇒ 埋头苦读 máitóu kǔ dú → bury oneself in serious reading
头发
hair
头目
leader
头等
first class
头绪
( 条理 ) clue
头脑
brains pl
头衔
title
头角
( 喻 ) talent
头颅
skull
头领
leader
头饰
headdress
姘头
( 贬 ) lover
对头
( 正常 ) normal
尽头
end
山头
mountaintop
巨头
tycoon
带头
take the initiative ( pt took ) , pp taken ⇒ 他带头捐书给图书馆。 Tā dàitóu juān shū gěi túshūguǎn. → He took the initiative in donating books to the library.
年头
( 年份 ) year
开头
begin ( pt began ) , pp begun
当头
( 迎头 ) take ... in the face ( pt took ) , pp taken ⇒ 当头一拳 dāng tóu yī quán → take a punch in the face
念头
idea
想头
( 念头 ) idea
手头
to hand ⇒ 我手头没有你要的这本书。 Wǒ shǒutóu méiyǒu nǐ yào de zhè běn shū. → I don't have the book you need to hand.
抬头
( 昂头 ) raise one's head
拳头
fist
挠头
troublesome
接头
( 连接 ) link up ⇒ 两颗卫星要在太空中接头了。 Liǎng kē wèixīng yào zài tàikōng zhōng jiētóu le. → The two satellites will link up with one another in space.
木头
wood
来头
( 来历 ) connections pl
枕头
pillow
榔头
hammer
派头
style ⇒ 你穿这件夹克很有派头。 Nǐ chuān zhè jiàn jiākè hěn yǒu pàitóu. → You look very stylish in this jacket.
浪头
( 口 : 波浪 ) wave
滑头
sly old fox
点头
nod
甜头
( 指味 ) sweet taste
English translation of '头'
头 (頭)
(tóu)
名
(= 脑袋) head
⇒ 点头 (diǎntóu) nod one's head
(= 头发) hair
⇒ 分头 (fēntóu) parted hair
⇒ 平头 (píngtóu) crew cut
⇒ 梳头 (shūtóu) comb one's hair
(= 顶端) tip
⇒ 笔头儿 (bǐtóur) pen tip
⇒ 船头 (chuántóu) bows
(= 开始) beginning
⇒ 从头说起 (cóng tóu shuō qǐ) tell the story from the beginning
(= 结尾) end
(= 剩余) remnant
⇒ 布头儿 (bùtóur) leftover cloth
⇒ 烟头儿 (yāntóur) cigarette end
(= 头目) head
⇒ 工头 (gōngtóu) foreman
⇒ 谁是你们的头儿？ (Shuí shì nǐmen de tóur?) Who's your boss?
(= 方面) aspect
⇒ 复习英语时,只顾语法一头可不行。 (Fùxí Yīngyǔ shí, zhǐ gù yǔfǎ yī tóu kě bùxíng.) When you're revising English, it won't do just to concentrate on the grammar aspectof the subject.
(= 界限) boundary
⇒ 老师批评学生过了头。 (Lǎoshī pīpíng xuésheng guòle tóu.) The teacher overstepped the mark when he criticized the student.
形
(= 第一) first
⇒ 头奖 (tóujiǎng) first prize
⇒ 头等 (tóuděng) first class
(= 领头) leading
(= 时间在前) first
⇒ 头几年 (tóu jǐ nián) first few years
量
(指动物)
⇒ 三头母牛 (sān tóu mǔniú) three cows
⇒ 五头公牛和三头母牛 (wǔ tóu gōngniú hé sān tóu mǔniú) five bulls and three cows
(指蒜) bulb
⇒ 一头蒜 (yī tóu suàn) a bulb of garlic
measure word, used for cows, bulls and vegetable bulbs