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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Simplified from

Han character [edit]

(radical 37 +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input X卜大 (XYK), 卜大 (YK))

  1. head
  2. top
  3. chief, first
  4. boss

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Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , jyutping tau4, Yale tau4)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Measure word [edit]

(simplified, Pinyin tou, traditional )

  1. Prefix to noun that is used when the noun is a domestic animal.
    我有两头猪。 - I have two pigs.

Noun [edit]

(simplified, Pinyin tóu, traditional )

  1. head
    我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇。你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。女人的后裔要伤你的头,你要伤他的脚跟。
    Wǒ yòu yào jiào nǐ hé nǚrén bǐcǐ wéi chóu . nǐde hòuyì hé nǚrén de hòuyì yĕ bǐcǐ wéi chóu . nǚrén de hòuyì yào shāng nǐde tóu , nǐ yào shāng tāde jiǎogēn .
    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , pinyin tóu (tou2), Wade-Giles t'ou2)

Compounds [edit]