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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Simplified from

[edit] Han character

(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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , jyutping tau4, Yale tau4)


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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Measure word

(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.

[edit] Noun

(simplified, Pinyin tóu, traditional )

  1. head

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds