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  tau4   jyutping
  tou2 tou5   pinyin
[] tau4 | [] 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

[] tau4 | [] tou5
suffix for certain objects, location words, and adjectives (to form a noun)

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjectiveclassifier
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Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
頭 / 头

This word has been viewed 36464 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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detail  coi2 tau4  cai3 tou2 = good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
detail  gaai1 tau4 baa3 wong4   = The Street Fighter video game
detail  sam1 tau4  xin1 tou2 = mind; thoughts
detail  jat6 tau4*2   = sun; daytime
detail  fung1 tau4  feng1 tou2 = fame, notoriety
detail  tau4 faat3  [普] tou2 fa5 [國] tou2 fa3 = hair on the head
detail  se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5   = shifty-eyed; wily-looking
detail  sai2 tau4 seoi2   = shampoo
detail  zung1 tau4  zhong1 tou2 = hour
detail  tau4 sin1   = just now; a moment ago
See all 622 compounds (CantoDict reports 638 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 32 examples containing 頭
detail audio 頭髮
Your hair is so smooth!
detail 有冇郵局
Is there a post office in the area?
[Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]
detail 水龍頭!
Turn on the tap.
detail audio 唔知點呢排成日頭痛
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.
detail 晚上可以看到上天空中星辰
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.
detail audio 發燒頭痛
I have a temperature and headache.
detail audio 發燒頭痛
I have a temperature and headache.
detail 頭先伙記已經
Just now he said all the delivery boys had gone out.
detail 好多頭盔畀你
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.]
detail 頭盔但係唔係好
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.]
detail 頭先總部𠹭所以
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late.
[Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]
detail 頭先email畀你嗰啲資料收到
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]?]
detail 頭髮平時撈攪點解今晚梳頭  ?! 
Your hair's normally so messy, why've you combed it this evening?
detail 這個年頭不好
The harvest was bad this year.
detail 基本上剩番頭頭尾尾
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
detail 頭殼
Use a stick to knock your head.
detail audio 唔怪之得廚房罐頭逐一逐樣唔見咗原來鼠竊狗偷
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
detail audio 畀佢頭槌龍門
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
detail audio 掃把!
Drive him out with a broomstick!
detail 文章點頭如搗蒜
I'm sure that this article will resonate with you thoroughly.
detail 一頭乳牛一天可以生產加侖牛奶
One dairy cattle can produce about 8 gallons of milk in one day
detail 執輸行頭
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.]
detail 頭暈
He feels dizzy every time he takes a ferry.
detail 無厘頭搞笑
The movie is nonsensical but funny.
detail 見到頭先已經知道唔係普通筆記
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.]
detail 頭先畀我等陣銀行人哋入票
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.]
detail 頭盔但係一啲
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..."]
detail 呢個一個開頭光芒芒後尾黑壓壓故事
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]
detail 聽講話近排獵豹個人
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]
detail 旅遊業擔心某種噱頭十足用語流失生意
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.
detail 我等舖頭打墩傾吓偈消磨時間
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.
detail 頭先
He has just been looking for you.
[The final particle 嚟 indicates the completion of an action.]

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