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頂頭

简顶头 · 繁頂頭

Mandarin · pinyin dǐng tóu

to come directly towards one
top
immediate (superior)

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
顶: dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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3–2 · ding3 tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ding2 tau4

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

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noun

end
(Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) above; on top
(Hokkien) surface
(Hakka, Hokkien) superior; boss

verb

to face head-on

verb

(Cantonese) to bump one's head into something above

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