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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 42592 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 10 of 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.] 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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