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Mandarin · pinyin tóu#

Mandarin · pinyin tou#

suffix for nouns

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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2 · tou2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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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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