头 (頭) tóu

1. tóu noun head
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of a person or animal; for example, 人头 '[human] head' (Guoyu '頭' n 1; Unihan '頭')
2. tóu measure word measure word for heads of cattle, etc
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 9; Norman 1988, p. 115).
3. tóu noun top
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of an object; in the sense of 顶端 (Guoyu '頭' n 4; Unihan '頭')
4. tóu noun a piece; an aspect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 6)
5. tóu noun a leader
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of a group or company; in the sense of 首领 (Guoyu '頭' n 3; Unihan '頭')
6. tóu adjective first
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For example, 头奖 'first place' (Guoyu '頭' adj 1)
7. tou suffix head
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A noun suffix dating in Chinese vernacular to the Nanbeichao; for example, 拳头 'fist' (Guoyu '頭' tou; Norman 1988, p. 114)
8. tóu suffix top; side; head
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A localizing suffix, for example 里头 'inside' and 外头 'outside' or nominal suffix, as in 舌头 'tongue' and 老头 'old man' (Norman 1988, p. 162; Sun 2006, loc. 714)
9. tóu noun hair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 头发; for example, 剪头 'get a haircut' (Guoyu '頭' n 2)
10. tóu noun start; end
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a situation (Guoyu '頭' n 5; Unihan '頭')
11. tóu noun a commission
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a transaction or gambling proceeds; as in 抽头 (Guoyu '頭' n 7)
12. tóu noun a person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 老实头 'an honest person' (Guoyu '頭' n 8)
13. tóu noun direction; bearing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方位 (Guoyu '頭' n 10)
14. tóu adjective previous
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 在先 (Guoyu '頭' adj 2)
15. tóu noun head; śiras
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śiras, Japanese: zu, Tibetan: mgo (BCSD '頭', p. 1265; DJBT '頭', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'śiraḥ'; MW 'śiras'; SH '頭', p. 453)

Contained in

• 十二头陀行(十二頭陀行) twelve ascetic practices
• 提头赖吒(提頭賴吒) Dhrtarastra; Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Dhataraṭṭha; Deva King of the East
• 摩诃波头摩地狱(摩訶波頭摩地獄) Mahapadma Hell
• 碗头(碗頭) waiter
• 踏着龙头(踏著龍頭) step on the dragon's head
• 宾头卢突罗阇为优陀延王说法经(賓頭盧突羅闍為優陀延王說法經) Bintoulu Tu Luo She Wei Youtuoyan Wang Shuofa Jing

Also contained in

劈头 、 鳞头树莺 、 鸡蛋碰石头 、 叉头 、 头冠 、 门头沟 、 老实头 、 从头到尾 、 木头 、 头向前 、 鬼头鬼脑 、 魔头 、 年头儿 、 头回 、 二锅头 、 开弓没有回头箭 、 抛头露面 、 手头 、 灰头绿鸠 、 料头儿 、 九头鸟 、 抬头 、 强龙不压地头蛇 、 头重 、 山本头 、 头脑简单四肢发达 、 虎头 、 唤头 、 灰头鸫 、 昏头 、 领头 、 皮包骨头 、 白头鹤 、 鸡头 、 街头巷尾 、 黑头鹀 、 荐头店 、 试镜头 、 傻头傻脑 、 青头潜鸭 、 没头没脸 、 新头河 、 蒙头转向 、 老婆孩子热炕头 、 洞头

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 23 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 144
• Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 126 , has English translation
• Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 121 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 113 , has English translation
• Scroll 11 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 105 , has English translation
• Scroll 3 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 85
• Scroll 2 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 85 , has English translation
• Scroll 4 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 83
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 78
• Scroll 1 Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品 — count: 77

Collocations

• 檀头 (檀頭) 有婆羅門名究羅檀頭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 28
• 七头 (七頭) 名曰七頭 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 20
• 头会 (頭會) 彼阿修羅七頭會處 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 18
• 浇头 (澆頭) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
• 头种 (頭種) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
• 头摩 (頭摩) 我爾時語頭摩隸車子言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 10
• 摩头 (摩頭) 拘摩頭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
• 头揵 (頭揵) 摩頭揵地迦花 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 7 — count: 8
• 头赖 (頭賴) 即念提頭賴天王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
• 提头 (提頭) 即念提頭賴天王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8