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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
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
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
to nod
HSK 2
inside / interior
HSK 2
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
HSK 3
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
HSK 4
bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
dock / pier / wharf / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
to shake one's head
HSK 5
beginning / to start
HSK 6
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
street
HSK 6
headache
HSK 6
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
outside / out
HSK 6
steamed bun
HSK 6
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
tin / can / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
pillow
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
thought; idea; intention
HSK 7-9
fist / clenched fist / CL: 個|个 / competitive (product)
HSK 7-9
top of the head
HSK 7-9
source / fountainhead
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
end; extremity; limit
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
HSK 7-9
the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
HSK 7-9
girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
HSK 7-9
head
HSK 7-9
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
title / rank / appellation
HSK 7-9
to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
size / height / stature
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
HSK 7-9
in the end / finally / as a result
HSK 7-9
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen
HSK 7-9
leader
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
all year round
HSK 7-9
to whisper to one another's ear
HSK 7-9
enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
dizzy
HSK 7-9
to the end (of) / at the end of / in the end / to come to an end
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
size / height
(coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right!
first prize
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
(film and TV) blooper
first place / leader (of a race)
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
closely cropped hair; crew cut / (of people) common; ordinary
helmet
the smaller part or share of sth
the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
faucet; tap / bicycle handlebar / chief; boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader; front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船
to have one's head shaved
Baotou, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
skull
Shetou Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
plug
first class merit
scalp
pickup (carrying gramophone needle)
to have a headache
either end of a bridge / a bridgehead
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
head of a turtle / glans penis
forehead
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
arrowhead / arrow symbol
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo

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