領頭 [领头]

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Pinyin lǐng tóu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to take the lead
  2. to be first to start
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, colloquial
    to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example
    (syn.) 擎头, 带头, 牽頭, 起头, 起頭, 牵头, 帶頭, 率先, 擎頭
  2. noun, Min-Bei, Min-Dong, Wu
    collar (of a shirt)
  3. noun, literary
    leader; chief; chieftain
    (syn.) 龍頭, 領導者, 头子, 首領, 领导者, 頭子, 领袖, 领导, 領導, 首要, 头, 阿头, 头目, 頭仔, 領袖, 領導人, 首领, 阿head, 领导人, 波士, 首脑, 頭頭, 头儿, 头头, 老大, 頭, 首腦, 阿大, 老顶, 頭兒, 头仔, 龙头, 大佬, 阿頭, 頭目, 老頂
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    日本是世界高科技产业的领头人。
    日本是世界高科技產業的領頭人。
    rì běn shì shì jiè gāo kē jì chǎn yè de lǐng tóu rén 。
    • Japan is a leader in the world's high-tech industry.
    • Japan is the leader of the world's high-tech industry.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一群朋友郊游，我领头在狭窄的阡陌上走，怎料迎面来了几头耕牛，狭道容不下人和牛，终有一方要让路。
    一羣朋友郊遊，我領頭在狹窄的阡陌上走，怎料迎面來了幾頭耕牛，狹道容不下人和牛，終有一方要讓路。
    yī qún péng you jiāo yóu ， wǒ lǐng tóu zài xiá zhǎi de qiān mò shàng zǒu ， zěn liào yíng miàn lái le jǐ tóu gēng niú ， xiá dào róng bù xià rén hé niú ， zhōng yǒu yī fāng yào ràng lù ．
    • A group of friends went for an outing and I was leading them through the narrow crisscrossing footpaths between fields. No one would have expected that there would be several oxen in our path and that the path wasn't big enough for both man and ox: in the end, one side would be forced to make way for the other.