头[tóu]

名

1. head

2. hair or hair style

♦ 您理什么~？ How shall I cut your hair?

♦ 这~理得好。 That's a good haircut.

3. top; end

♦ 村西~ the west end of a village

♦ 这条胡同儿走到~就是60号。 No. 60 is at the end of the lane.

4. beginning or end

♦ 你这故事讲到什么时候才是个~儿呀! When ever will you finish your story?

5. remnant; end

♦ 蜡~儿 candle end

♦ 铅笔~儿 pencil stub (or stump)

6. chief; head; leader

♦ 头儿

7. side; aspect

♦ 他们是一~儿的。 They are on the same side.

♦ 事情不能只顾一~。 We mustn't pay attention to only one aspect of the matter.

8. (noun suffix added to a noun, verb, or adjective)

♦ 木头

♦ 看头

♦ 甜头

9. (noun suffix added to a word of locality)

♦ 上头

♦ 下头

♦ 前头

数first

♦ 头等

♦ 头号

量

1. ( for certain domestic animals)

♦ 三十~牛 thirty head of cattle

♦ 两~骡子 two mules

2. (for garlic)

♦ 一~蒜 a bulb of garlic

3. (after the numeral一, for a marriage)

♦ 那一~亲事怎么样了？ What about the marriage?

♦ 他许过我一~亲事。 He's promised me a wife (husband).

形

1. (used before a numeral) first

♦ ~一遍 the first time

♦ ~半场比赛 the first half of a game

♦ ~三天 the first three days

♦ ~两排位子 the two front rows of seats

♦ 他跑了个百米~一名。 He came in first in the 100-metre dash.

2. 方 (used before 年 or 天) previous; last

♦ 头年

3. leading

介before; prior to

♦ ~五点就得动身 have to start before (or by) five

♦ ~吃饭要洗手。 Wash your hands before meals.

♦ ~鸡叫我就起来了。 I got up before cockcrow.