「頭」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: tau4
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • head (measure word: 個)
    (Cant.) 頭腦tau4 nou5
    (Eng.) brain
    (Cant.) 人jan4頭tau4
    (Eng.) human's head
    (Cant.) 頭髮tau4 faat3
    (Eng.) hair
    (Cant.) 頭痛tau4 tung3
    (Eng.) headache
    (Cant.) 頭暈tau4 wan4
    (Eng.) dizzy

  • hairstyle; hair
    (Cant.) 梳頭so1 tau4
    (Eng.) to comb one's hair
    (Cant.) 整zing2頭tau4
    (Eng.) to set hair
    (Cant.) 攣lyun1毛mou1頭tau4
    (Eng.) curled-hair
    (Cant.) 我ngo5個go3頭tau4好hou2唔m4好hou2睇tai2啊aa3?
    (Eng.) Is my hairstyle nice?

  • area; location
    (Cant.) 我ngo5嗰go2頭tau4
    (Eng.) my area
    (Cant.) 地頭dei6 tau4
    (Eng.) area that one is familiar with; territory
    (Cant.) 嗰頭go2 tau4
    (Eng.) over there
    (Cant.) 我ngo5嗰go2頭tau4冇mou5圖tou4書syu1館gun2。
    (Eng.) There are no libraries in my area.

  • end; side
    (Cant.) 倔頭gwat6 tau4
    (Eng.) dead-end
    (Cant.) 線頭sin3 tau4
    (Eng.) the end of a thread
    (Cant.) 針冇兩頭利zam1 mou5 loeng5 tau4 lei6
    (Eng.) One cannot have it both ways. (Literally: No pin is sharp on both ends.)

  • front; head; the first (position, person or part) (measure word: 個)
    (Cant.) 隊deoi2頭tau4
    (Eng.) the head of a queue
    (Cant.) 龍頭lung4 tau4
    (Eng.) the head of a queue
    (Cant.) 虎頭蛇尾fu2 tau4 se4 mei5
    (Eng.) to start strongly but finish weakly; inconsistent with one's effort; literally: tiger head snake tail
    (Cant.) 我ngo5哋dei6都dou1係hai6跟gan1行haang4頭tau4嗰go2個go3㗎gaa3咋zaa3。
    (Eng.) We just follow the person in the front.
    (Cant.) 篇pin1文man2嘅ge3頭tau4同tung4尾mei5互wu6相soeng1呼fu1應jing1。
    (Eng.) The front and the end of the article are coherent.

  • beginning (measure word: 個)
    (Cant.) 年頭nin4 tau4
    (Eng.) beginning of a year
    (Cant.) 月jyut6頭tau4
    (Eng.) beginning of a month
    (Cant.) 頭尾tau4 mei5
    (Eng.) from beginning to end; altogether
    (Cant.) 萬事起頭難maan6 si6 hei2 tau4 naan4
    (Eng.) all things are difficult before they are easy
    (Cant.) 開hoi1咗zo2個go3頭tau4,冇mou5理lei5由jau4唔m4埋maai4尾mei5𠿪gaa2。
    (Eng.) It makes no sense not to finish it once it begins, doesn't it.

  • a unit of length about the height of a human head
    (Cant.) NBAen1 bi1 ei1球kau4星sing1閒haan4閒haan2哋dei2高gou1我ngo5一jat1個go3頭tau4。
    (Eng.) NBA players are generally a head taller than me.

See also: 主任 髮型 毛 毛 髮 頭毛 面積 帶 土 地區 位置 地點 窟
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「頭」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: tau4
Part of Speech: adjective
Explanation:
first; number one; top
(Cant.) 頭tau4十sap6名ming4
(Eng.) top ten (people)
(Cant.) 頭獎tau4 zoeng2
(Eng.) first prize
(Cant.) 我ngo5返faan1到dou3嚟lai4頭tau4嗰go2幾gei2日jat6好hou2唔m4慣gwaan3。
(Eng.) For the first few days after my return, I was not used to the environment.
(Cant.) 佢keoi5大daai6學hok6揀gaan2科fo1將zoeng1語jyu5言jin4學hok6排paai4到dou3好hou2頭tau4。
(Eng.) He listed linguistics among his top preferences when applying to university.
See also: 首名 初戀 首先 原始 首先 狀元 首要 天字第一號 頂端 top 上衣
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「頭」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: tau4
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
  • used with positions/locations
    (Cant.) 裏頭leoi5 tau4
    (Eng.) inside
    (Cant.) 後頭hau4 tau4
    (Eng.) back; the future

  • tip; border
    (Cant.) 碼頭maa5 tau4
    (Eng.) pier; wharf; dock; quay

  • top; head
    (Cant.) 爐頭lou4 tau4
    (Eng.) burner or heating element on a stove
    (Cant.) 黑頭hak1 tau4
    (Eng.) blackhead
    (Cant.) 枝頭zi1 tau4
    (Eng.) top of a branch

  • start; starting or initiating point/sign
    (Cant.) 火頭fo2 tau4
    (Eng.) flame
    (Cant.) 苗頭miu4 tau4
    (Eng.) symptom of a trend; first signs

  • the aspect to appear or to be shown
    (Cant.) 行頭hong4 tau4
    (Eng.) outfit; actor's costume and paraphernalia
    (Cant.) 派頭paai1 tau4
    (Eng.) style; manner; panache
    (Cant.) 睇頭tai2 tau4
    (Eng.) element worth seeing or reading
    (Cant.) 來頭loi4 tau4
    (Eng.) background
    (Cant.) 勢頭sai3 tau4
    (Eng.) trend
    (Cant.) 噱頭coek3 tau4
    (Eng.) gimmick
    (Cant.) 風頭fung1 tau4
    (Eng.) publicity; pomp
    (Cant.) 牌頭paai4 tau4
    (Eng.) brand; name; title
    (Cant.) 關頭gwaan1 tau4
    (Eng.) critical point or period; crisis; crucial period; crux
    (Cant.) 意頭ji3 tau4
    (Eng.) sign; portent; something that brings forth good or bad fortune

  • certain small-sized edible tubers
    (Cant.) 蒜頭syun3 tau4
    (Eng.) garlic
    (Cant.) 蕎頭kiu5 tau4
    (Eng.) Allium chinense

See also: 倒 打賞 尖端 提示 邊界 邊境 邊疆 際 頂端 top 上衣 主任
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「頭」

Entry #4
Pronunciation: tau2
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
  • the changed tone of 頭 "head (a body part)" (tau4) in certain collocations
    (Cant.) 大頭daai6 tau2
    (Eng.) big head (e.g. in a photo or on a coin)
    (Cant.) 撼頭埋牆ham2 tau2 maai4 coeng4
    (Eng.) to bang one's head against the wall

  • (used as the last syllable) leader; chief; head; boss
    (Cant.) 事頭si6 tau2
    (Eng.) boss
    (Cant.) 阿頭aa3 tau2
    (Eng.) leader; chief; head; boss
    (Cant.) 軍頭gwan1 tau2
    (Eng.) military chief
    (Cant.) 鄉頭hoeng1 tau2
    (Eng.) leader of a rural village or rural village alliance
    (Cant.) 工頭gung1 tau2
    (Eng.) foreman
    (Cant.) 判頭pun3 tau2
    (Eng.) main contractor
    (Cant.) 睇tai2⋯頭tau2
    (Eng.) to be up to somebody

  • electric plug; connector
    (Cant.) 三saam1腳goek3頭tau2
    (Eng.) three-pin plug
    (Cant.) 英jing1國gwok3頭tau2
    (Eng.) UK plug
    (Cant.) Type C頭 (taip1 si1 tau2)
    (Eng.) USB Type-C connector

  • the changed tone of 頭 (tau4) as a suffix or a last-syllable morpheme in certain collocations
    (Cant.) 斧頭fu2 tau2
    (Eng.) axe
    (Cant.) 鋤頭co4 tau2
    (Eng.) hoe
    (Cant.) 甜頭tim4 tau2
    (Eng.) benefit
    (Cant.) 罐頭gun3 tau2
    (Eng.) can; tin
    (Cant.) 舖頭pou3 tau2
    (Eng.) shop; store
    (Cant.) 角落頭gok3 lok1 tau2
    (Eng.) corner

See also: 首領 領導 阿頭 首 正 首長 主要 總 主任 上面 阿head 老細 老闆
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「頭」

Entry #5
Pronunciation: tau4
Part of Speech: quantifier
Explanation:
  • quantifier for families
    (Cant.) 撐caang3起hei2一jat1頭tau4家gaa1
    (Eng.) to support one's own family

  • quantifier for 「親事」 (marriage)
    (Cant.) 我ngo5反faan2對deoi3呢ni1頭tau4親can1事si6。
    (Eng.) I disapprove this marriage proposal.

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「頭」

Entry #6
Pronunciation: tau2
Part of Speech: quantifier
Explanation:
piece per catty, unit for describing size of some seafood, such as abalone and fish maw
(Cant.) 一jat1頭tau2鮑baau1
(Eng.) an abalone weighted one catty
(Cant.) 110jat1 baak3 jat1 sap6頭tau2黃wong4花faa1膠gaau1
(Eng.) dried fish maw weighted around 1/110 catty per piece
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「頭」

Entry #7
Pronunciation: tau4
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
a suffix without lexical meaning, placed after materials, body parts and other things
(Cant.) 石頭sek6 tau4
(Eng.) stone
(Cant.) 木頭muk6 tau4
(Eng.) wood
(Cant.) 磚頭zyun1 tau4
(Eng.) brick
(Cant.) 骨頭gwat1 tau4
(Eng.) bone
(Cant.) 拳頭kyun4 tau4
(Eng.) fist
(Cant.) 膝頭sat1 tau4
(Eng.) knee
(Cant.) 饅頭maan6 tau4
(Eng.) Chinese steamed bun
(Cant.) 鐘頭zung1 tau4
(Eng.) hour
(Cant.) 折頭zit3 tau4
(Eng.) discount
(Cant.) 念頭nim6 tau4
(Eng.) idea; thought
(Cant.) 落嘴頭lok6 zeoi2 tau4
(Eng.) to cajole someone
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