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三頭蒜 three pieces of garlic;
一頭親事 one matrimonial match.
(1) ([tou2er0]) Head: 頭上，頭頂上 overhead;
頭尾 head and tail, beginning and end;
點頭 nod one's head;
探頭探腦 pop in one's head to look;
光頭 uncovered head;
禿頭 bald;
披頭 the Beatles or their hair style;
頭腦，頭臉，頭皮 [tou2nao3], [tou2liao3], [tou2pi2]↓;
頭足異處 beheaded, dismembered;
頭不保 life in danger;
頭齊腳不齊 (woman) half dressed up;
頭上腳下 (women's) ensemble, gen. makeup;
頭朝裡 self-centered, egocentric, interested only in oneself, not in others;
頭朝下 crestfallen;
頭拱地 prostrate oneself;
回頭 to turn one’s head, by and by: 回頭是岸 to mend one's ways;
掉頭不顧 turn head away in disregard;
出頭，出人頭地 be honored, distinguished among a group;
拋頭露面 (derog. of woman) show oneself much in the streets;
埋頭苦幹 bury oneself in work;
昏頭昏腦 muddle-headed, absent-minded, too busy to think;
頭昏腦脹 overwhelmed with work;
頭昏眼花 dizzy;
頭昏腦悶 disconcerted;
頭痛，頭暈 [tou2tong4], [tou2yUn4]↓.
(2) Head of group: 工頭 foreman;
頭領，頭家 [tou2ling3], [tou2jia1]↓.
(3) Main thread, line or aspect of work: 分頭進行 proceed each following one assignment;
千頭萬緒 complexities of a situation, innumerable things to do;
頭頭件件 every item;
頭頭是道 clear and convincing presentation (of argument or subject).
(4) Side, nearby position: 這頭，那頭 ([tou0]) this side, end, that side, end;
前頭，後頭 ([tou0]) the front, rear;
裡頭，外頭 inside, outside;
兩頭跑 run about at both places;
開頭，起頭 beginning;
心頭 at heart;
心頭的恨 deep-seated hatred;
床頭 bedside;
床頭人 wife;
案頭 on the desk;
上頭 (quite proper reference to) superior, master;
看風頭 watch how the wind blows;
出風頭 to show off.
(5) Forming suffix of a wide variety of words: 沒說頭，沒講頭 ([tou0]) nothing worth discussing with a person;
沒看頭 ([tou0]), nothing worth seeing;
此馬來頭大 used of persons coming with great backing or influence;
想頭，念頭 ([tou0]) thought, idea;
甜頭 （給甜頭吃）([tou0]) give him “presents” or bribe;
苦頭（吃過苦頭） have tasted some bitter experience;
彩頭 good luck;
霉頭 bad luck;
木頭 ([tou0]) timber, a blockhead;
零頭 odd change, odd pieces;
盡頭 the end;
到頭來 in the end;
空頭 ([tou0]) empty head, brainless;
空頭支票 bounced cheque, dishonored cheque: 做空頭 (stock exchange) buy on margin.
(6) Used of men: 老頭（子） old man;
老實頭 ([tou0]) a simpleton;
孱頭 ([tou0]) weak fellow;
丫頭([tou0]) maidservant.
(7) Used with parts of body: 奶頭 nipple;
舌頭 ([tou0]) tongue;
眉頭 expression in eyebrows;
指頭 finger;
手頭 money at disposal: 有手頭，手頭寬 have plenty of money to spend.
頭獎 first prize;
頭胎 the firstborn;
頭一天，頭一個 first day, first one, but see 頭年 [tou2nian2]↓;
頭條新聞 (phr.) front page news;
頭道，遭，次，回陣 first time;
頭挑 the best class of goods;
頭水（兒） [tou2shui3]([er0])↓.
2.頭妻 [tou2qi1], n., first wife; legal wife.
3.頭擋（兒） [tou2dang3]([er0]), n., headboard on baby crib to ward off draft.
4.頭等 [tou2deng3], adj., first-class: 頭等國 first-class Power.
5.頭頂（上） [tou2ding3]([shang4]), n. & adj., overhead.
6.頭額 [tou2e4], n., forehead.
7.頭髮 [tou2fa3], n., hair on human head.
8.頭風 [tou2feng1], n., headache, migraine.
9.頭蓋 [tou2gai4], n., cranium; 頭蓋骨 skull; 頭蓋腔 cranial cavity.
10.頭垢 [tou2gou4], n., dandruff.
11.頭箍兒 [tou2gu1er0], n., Manchu woman's band for gathering up hair.
12.頭骨 [tou2gu3], n., skull.
13.頭號（兒） [tou2hao4]([er0]), n., the best, the biggest.
14.頭昏 [tou2hun1], n., headache, dizziness.
15.頭家 [tou2jia1], n., banker or host at gambling party.
16.頭角 [tou2jiao3], n., in phrr. 初露頭角 (writer) make first appearance; 頭角崢嶸，嶄然見頭角 (of youth) very promising.
17.頭尖 [tou2jian1], n., (coll.) the very best.
18.頭巾 [tou2jin1], n., scarf for the head, turban; 頭巾氣 bookish air; Neo-Confucian puritanical manner.
19.頭口 [tou2kou3], n., gen. term for domestic animals (cattle, mules, etc.=牲口).
20.頭盔 [tou2kui1], n., helmet.
21.頭兒 [tou2er0], n., see N.↑ in all senses; 頭兒錢 banker's commission at gambling parties.
22.頭臉（兒） [tou2lian3] ([tou2lia3er0]), n., person's facial appearance.
23.頭裡 [tou2li3], adv., formerly, at the beginning; in front; beforehand.
24.頭領 [tou2ling3], n., leader, headman.
25.頭路 [tou2lu4], n., (1) clue, main thread; (2) profession, access: 頭路兒 first class (goods).
26.頭顱 [tou2lu2], n., skull.
27.頭面 [tou2mian4], n., face: 不露頭面 do not show one's face.
28.頭目 [tou2mu4], n., foreman, head of group or gang.
29.頭腦 [tou2nao3], n., (1) head, brains: 有頭腦 has a good head; (2) thread, clue: 沒頭沒腦（case) completely without clue; (3) head of group.
30.頭年 [tou2nian2], adv., last year.
31.頭帕 [tou2pa4], n., turban.
32.頭皮 [tou2pi2], n., (1) dandruff; (2) skin of head: 打破頭皮 a blow on head causing it to bleed.
33.頭晌（兒） [tou2shang3]([er0]), adv., in the forenoon.
34.頭上 [tou2shang4], adv., above, overhead.
35.頭銜 [tou2xian2], n., official rank or title.
36.頭水（兒） [tou2shui3] ([tou2shueeer0]), n., the first and best distillation, best quality (goods); first time used (furniture).
37.頭蝨 [tou2shi1], n., head louse, Pediculus capitis.
38.頭勢 [tou2shi4], n., force (of blow, etc.); tendency.
39.頭緒 [tou2xU4], n., order, main threads: 理個頭緒出來 gather the main points, arrange in order.
40.頭天 [tou2tian1], adv., (1) the first day; (2) the day before (cf. 頭一天 the first day).
41.頭寸 [tou2cun4], n., ready cash, cash reserve of bank.
42.頭痛 [tou2tong4], n., headache; (also fig.) 偏頭痛 migraine.
43.頭子 [tou2zi0], n., (1) the best; (2) formerly, headman, chieftain.
44.頭尾 [tou2wei3], n., beginning and end, parts of a connected story; 無頭無尾的故事 one cannot make head or tail of story.
45.頭影 [tou2ying3], n., shadow: 不見你頭影 never saw even a shadow of you.
46.頭暈 [tou2yUn4], adj. & n., dizzy, -ziness.