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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

头 [tóu]

1. noun [脑袋] head

点头

nod one's head
2. noun [头发] hair

分头

parted hair

平头

crew cut

梳头

comb one's hair
3. noun [顶端] tip

笔头儿

pen tip

船头

bows
4. noun [开始] beginning

从头说起

tell the story from the beginning
5. noun [结尾] end
6. noun [剩余] remnant

布头儿

leftover cloth

烟头儿

cigarette end
7. noun [头目] head

工头

foreman

谁是你们的头儿？

Who's your boss?
8. noun [方面] aspect

复习英语时，只顾语法一头可不行。

When you're revising English, it won't do just to concentrate on the grammar aspect of the subject.
9. noun [界限] boundary

老师批评学生过了头。

The teacher overstepped the mark when he criticized the student.
10. adjective [第一] first

头奖

first prize
11. adjective [领头] leading
12. adjective [时间在前] first

头几年

first few years
13. measure word [指动物]

5头公牛和3头母牛

five bulls and three cows
14. measure word [指蒜] bulb

一头蒜

a bulb of garlic

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

头 [tóu]

1. noun head
2. noun hair or hair style

您理什么头？

How shall I cut your hair?

这头理得好。

That's a good haircut.
3. noun top; end

村西头

the west end of a village

这条胡同儿走到头就是60号。

No. 60 is at the end of the lane.
4. noun beginning or end

你这故事讲到什么时候才是个头儿呀！

When ever will you finish your story?
5. noun remnant; end

蜡头儿

candle end

铅笔头儿

pencil stub (or stump)
6. noun chief; head; leader

头儿

head; chief; leader; boss
7. noun side; aspect

他们是一头儿的。

They are on the same side.

事情不能只顾一头。

We mustn't pay attention to only one aspect of the matter.
8. noun noun suffix added to a noun, verb, or adjective

木头

wood; log; timber

看头

sth. worth seeing or reading

甜头

sweet taste; pleasant flavour
9. noun noun suffix added to a word of locality
10. numeral first
11. measure word (used for certain domestic animals)

三十头牛

thirty head of cattle

两头骡子

two mules
12. measure word (used for garlic)

一头蒜

a bulb of garlic
13. measure word (after the numeral一, used for a marriage)

那一头亲事怎么样了？

What about the marriage?

他许过我一头亲事。

He's promised me a wife (husband).
14. adjective (used before a numeral) first

头一遍

the first time

头半场比赛

the first half of a game

头三天

the first three days

头两排位子

the two front rows of seats

他跑了个百米头一名。

He came in first in the 100-metre dash.
15. adjective [Dialect] (used before 年 or 天) previous; last

头年

the first year
16. adjective leading
17. preposition before; prior to

头五点就得身

have to start before (or by) five

头吃饭要洗手。

Wash your hands before meals.

头鸡叫我就起来了。

I got up before cockcrow.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

头 [tóu]

1. 名人体或动物身体上长着口、鼻、眼、耳等器官的部分

头顶。

头破血流。

头颅。

猪头。
2. 名头发；发式

把头剃光了。

梳头。

寸头。
3. 名首领；为首的

谁是你们的头儿。

工头。

头目。

头羊。
4. 名物体的顶端或末端

山头。

一根绳子有两个头儿。

火柴头。

地头。
5. 名事物的起点或终点

你起个头儿，我们跟着唱。

从头说起。

没头没尾。

一年到头。
6. 形用在"年"或"天"前面，表示起始的或某一时点以前的

头年。

头天。

头两天(昨天和前天，或起始的两天)。

头几年。
7. 介 [口] 引进动作行为的时间，相当于"在……之前""临近"

头进考场，又把书翻了翻。

头睡觉要刷牙。

每天头七点就到。
8. 数第一

鸡叫头遍。

头班车。

头版头条。

头奖。
9. 形用在数量结构前面，表示次序在前的

头两节车厢。

头一次。

头几排。
10. 名方面

他们俩是一头的。

工作、学习两头都要抓紧。

分头寻找。
11. 名某些东西的残存部分

粉笔头。

布头。

烟头。
12. 量 a)用于牛、驴等牲畜

两头蒜。

一头洋葱。

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Examples

把头一扭: toss one's head
我觉得头有点沉。: My head feels a bit heavy.
抽印学报的头一篇文章: offprint the first article of the journal
我的头有点儿发昏。: I feel a bit giddy.
骑兵队伍高昂着头通过了广场。: The mounted troops passed the square with their heads held high.
他头上箍着条毛巾。: He had a towel wound round his head.
她把头梳得光溜溜的。: She combed her hair smooth.
他不习惯戴帽子，一年四季总光着头。: He is not used to wearing a hat and goes bareheaded all year round.
头(二)毫: first (second) loop
头(二)煎: first (second) decoction; 201 more results

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