量詞
海味體積嘅量詞，即係每斤嘅隻數，數字越大體積越細 piece per catty, unit for describing size of some seafood, such as abalone and fish maw
一頭鮑
一头鲍
jat1 tau2 baau1 An abalone weighted one catty
110 頭黃花膠
110 头黄花胶
jat1 baak3 jat1 sap6 tau2 wong4 faa1 gaau1 Dried fish maw weighted around 1/110 catty per piece
語素
領導；首領；上司 leader; chief; boss
事頭
事头
si6 tau2 boss
事頭婆
事头婆
si6 tau4 po4 female boss
我阿頭 俾我放大假。
我阿头 俾我放大假。
ngo5 aa3 tau2 bei2 ngo5 fong3 daai6 gaa2. My boss let me take a long break.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
主管
上司
頭兒 – 头儿
領導 – 领导
頭頭 – 头头
頭目 – 头目
帶頭人 – 带头人
領導者 – 领导者
頭 [头]
Jyutping
tau4
Pinyin
tou
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
suffix for nouns
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
Suffix that forms nouns.
罐頭
罐头
guàn tou can; tin
石頭
石头
shí tou rock
頭 [头]
Jyutping
tau4
Pinyin
tóu
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock
CL:個|个[ge4]
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]/used as a suffix/an area/a location
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
人或動物條頸以上嘅部份（量詞：個） head
頭腦
头脑
tau4 nou5 brain
人頭
人头
jan4 tau4 human's head
大頭
大头
daai6 tau4/daai6 tau2 big head
名詞
頭髮；髮型 hairstyle; hair
攣毛頭
挛毛头
lyun1 mou1 tau4 curled-hair
我個頭好唔好睇啊？
我个头好唔好睇啊？
ngo5 go3 tau4 hou2 m4 hou2 tai2 aa3? Is my hairstyle nice?
名詞
地方；地區 area; location
我嗰頭
我𠮶头
ngo5 go2 tau4 my area
地頭
地头
dei6 tau4 area that one is familiar with; territory
嗰頭
𠮶头
go2 tau4 over there
我嗰頭冇圖書館。
我𠮶头冇图书馆。
ngo5 go2 tau4 mou5 tou4 syu1 gun2. There are no libraries in my area.
名詞
一邊；一端 end; side
針冇兩頭利
针冇两头利
zam1 mou5 loeng5 tau4 lei6 One cannot have it both ways. (Literally: No pin is sharp on both ends.)
名詞
長度，大約一個頭嘅高度 a unit of length about the height of a human head
NBA 球星閒閒哋高我一個頭。
NBA 球星闲闲哋高我一个头。
en1 bi1 ei1 kau4 sing1 haan4 haan2 dei2 gou1 ngo5 jat1 go3 tau4. NBA players are generally a head taller than me.
形容詞
最先；最初；最前面 first; number one; top
頭十名
头十名
tau4 sap6 ming4 top ten (people)
我返到嚟頭嗰幾日好唔慣。
我返到嚟头𠮶几日好唔惯。
ngo5 faan1 dou3 lai4 tau4 go2 gei2 jat6 hou2 m4 gwaan3. For the first few days after my return, I was not used to the environment.
量詞
家庭嘅量詞 quantifier for families
撐起一頭家
撑起一头家
caang3 hei2 jat1 tau4 gaa1 to support one's own family
量詞
用喺「親事」 quantifier for 「親事」(marriage)
我反對呢頭親事。
我反对呢头亲事。
ngo5 faan2 deoi3 ni1 tau4 can1 si6 I disapprove this marriage proposal.
語素
領導；首領；上司 leader; chief; boss
事頭
事头
si6 tau2 boss
事頭婆
事头婆
si6 tau4 po4 female boss
我阿頭 俾我放大假。
我阿头 俾我放大假。
ngo5 aa3 tau2 bei2 ngo5 fong3 daai6 gaa2. My boss let me take a long break.
你們的頭兒是誰？
你们的头儿是谁？
nǐ men de tóu r5 shì shéi ？ Who is your leader?
character
hair; hairstyle
洗頭
洗头
xǐ tóu to wash one's hair
把頭剃光
把头剃光
bǎ tóu tì guāng to shave one's head
character, Cantonese
lead
大家都系睇佢头做嘢。
大家都系睇佢头做嘢。
daai6 gaa1 dou1 hai6 tai2 keoi5 tau2 zou6 je5. Everyone works following his lead.
character
side; aspect
character, dialectal
Classifier for other animals.
character
beginning or end
從頭開始
从头开始
cóng tóu kāi shǐ to start from the beginning
character
first; leading
頭獎
头奖
tóu jiǎng first prize; biggest prize
頭班車
头班车
tóu bān chē first departure
character, Min-Bei
Classifier for flowers.
character
head (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇；你的後裔和女人的後裔也彼此為仇。女人的後裔要傷你的頭；你要傷他的腳跟。
我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇；你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。女人的后裔要伤你的头；你要伤他的脚跟。
wǒ yòu yào jiào nǐ hé nǚ rén bǐ cǐ wéi chóu ； nǐ de hòu yì hé nǚ rén de hòu yì yě bǐ cǐ wéi chóu ． nǚ rén de hòu yì yào shāng nǐ de tóu ； nǐ yào shāng tā de jiǎo gēn ． And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
我頭不再痛了。
我头不再痛了。
wǒ tóu bù zài tòng le ． My head doesn't hurt any more.
character
top; tip; end
山頭
山头
shān tóu top of a mountain
火柴頭
火柴头
huǒ chái tóu tip of a match
character, Hakka, Min-Nan, dated, in Mainland China
station
character
Classifier for livestock. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
我有兩頭豬。
我有两头猪。
wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū ． I have two pigs.
character
remnant; end
煙頭
烟头
yān tóu cigarette bud
character, used before a classifier or a numeral
first
頭一遍
头一遍
tóu yī biàn the first time
頭三天
头三天
tóu sān tiān the first three days
頭幾個
头几个
tóu jǐ ge the first few
Definitions (Unihan)
head
top
chief, first
boss
Cangjie Input - Simplified
YK
Cangjie Input - Traditional
MTMBC
Definitions (HSK3.0)
名、量
HSK3 二级词汇表 #549
里头
HSK3 二级词汇表 #550
形
HSK3 三级词汇表 #724
HSK3 二级汉字表 #217
HSK3 中等手写字表 #292
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
你最好打消这么可笑的念头。
你最好打消這麼可笑的念頭。
nǐ zuì hǎo dǎ xiāo zhè me kě xiào de niàn tou 。
You'd better leave off such a radical idea.
Get rid of such stupid ideas!
Mandarin
我看见一个长头发的女生。
我看見一個長頭髮的女生。
wǒ kàn jiàn yí gè zhǎng tóu fa de nǚ shēng 。