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[粵] tau4 | [國] tou2 [1] [n] head; hair; hairstyle [2] [adj] first; top; start; end [3] [n] chief; leader; boss [4] [n] side; party; aspect [5] classifier for certain domestic animals [粵] tau4 | [國] tou5 suffix for certain objects, location words, and adjectives (to form a noun) Default PoS:  Additional PoS:   Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 38960 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Jul 2013 05:45 |
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彩頭
coi2 tau4 = good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
街頭霸王
gaai1 tau4 baa3 wong4 = The Street Fighter video game
心頭
sam1 tau4 = mind; thoughts
日頭
jat6 tau4*2 = sun; daytime 粵
風頭
fung1 tau4 = fame, notoriety
頭髮
tau4 faat3 = hair on the head
蛇頭鼠眼
se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5 = shifty-eyed; wily-looking 粵
洗頭水
sai2 tau4 seoi2 = shampoo 粵
鐘頭
zung1 tau4 = hour
頭先
tau4 sin1 = just now; a moment ago 粵See all 622 compounds (CantoDict reports 638 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 32 examples containing 頭
呢頭有冇郵局呀？ 粵
Is there a post office in the area? [Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]
有好多頂頭盔畀你揀 粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose. [Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]
佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]
頭先總部𠹭我，所以遲咗 粵
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late. [Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]
我頭先email畀你嗰啲資料，你收到未呀？ 粵
Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet? [Lit. I just-now email give you that information, you receive not-yet [particle]?]
基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫 粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷 粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門 粵
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
執輸行頭，慘過敗家。 粵
Missing out some great opportunities is the worst thing in the world. [[literal] It's more miserable than squandering one's family fortunes to be the foremost among the losers.]
見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦 粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook. [Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]
佢頭先話畀我聽佢想等陣去銀行幫人哋入票 粵
He told me he wanted to go to the bank soon to cash a cheque for someone. [頭先 implies 10 or 20 minutes ago; contrast with 啱啱 which implies a few seconds ago.]
佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]
呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事 粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark. [Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]
聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人 粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently. [Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]
旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意 國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.
我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。 粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.
佢頭先搵你嚟。 粵
He has just been looking for you. [The final particle 嚟 indicates the completion of an action.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 頭
Unicode code for this character: U+982d (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 頭
Unicode code for this character: U+982d (off-site link)
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