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頭

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Cantonese · source Jyutpingtau4

head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock Mandarin classifier: 个
used as a suffix
an area
a location

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

tau44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

tau偷tau1to stealtau2—透tau3to penetrate 头tau4headtau5—tau6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

頭头

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

頭 tóu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinhead; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; …
頭 tou CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsuffix for nouns

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: tou2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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tau4

Cantonese word readings for 頭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(anatomy) head (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
hair; hairstyle
beginning or end
top; tip; end
chief; boss; leader (person that leads or directs)
remnant; end
(computing) header
first; leading
(used before a classifier or a numeral) first
(Hakka, Southern Min, dated in Mainland China) station
side; aspect
(Cantonese) area; location
(Cantonese) plug; connector; short for 插頭／插头
Classifier for livestock. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
(dialectal) Classifier for other animals.
(Northern Min) Classifier for flowers.
(Cantonese) Classifier for number of pieces of dried seafood (e.g. abalones) in one catty.
(Cantonese) Classifier for number of abalones in one can.

character

Suffix that forms nouns. — Added to a noun.
Suffix that forms nouns. — Added to a locative word.
Suffix that forms nouns. — Added to a verb to form an abstract noun.
Suffix that forms nouns. — Added to an adjective to form an abstract noun.

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