头 (頭) tóu

  1. tóu noun head
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of a person or animal; for example, 人头 '[human] head' (Guoyu '頭' n 1; Unihan '頭')
  2. tóu measure word measure word for heads of cattle, etc
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 9; Norman 1988, p. 115).
  3. tóu noun top
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of an object; in the sense of 顶端 (Guoyu '頭' n 4; Unihan '頭')
  4. tóu noun a piece; an aspect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '頭' n 6)
  5. tóu noun a leader
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of a group or company; in the sense of 首领 (Guoyu '頭' n 3; Unihan '頭')
  6. tóu adjective first
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: For example, 头奖 'first place' (Guoyu '頭' adj 1)
  7. tou suffix head
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A noun suffix dating in Chinese vernacular to the Nanbeichao; for example, 拳头 'fist' (Guoyu '頭' tou; Norman 1988, p. 114)
  8. tóu suffix top; side; head
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A localizing suffix, for example 里头 'inside' and 外头 'outside' or nominal suffix, as in 舌头 'tongue' and 老头 'old man' (Norman 1988, p. 162; Sun 2006, loc. 714)
  9. tóu noun hair
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 头发; for example, 剪头 'get a haircut' (Guoyu '頭' n 2)
  10. tóu noun start; end
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a situation (Guoyu '頭' n 5; Unihan '頭')
  11. tóu noun a commission
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a transaction or gambling proceeds; as in 抽头 (Guoyu '頭' n 7)
  12. tóu noun a person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 老实头 'an honest person' (Guoyu '頭' n 8)
  13. tóu noun direction; bearing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方位 (Guoyu '頭' n 10)
  14. tóu adjective previous
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 在先 (Guoyu '頭' adj 2)
  15. tóu noun head; śiras
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śiras, Japanese: zu, Tibetan: mgo (BCSD '頭', p. 1265; DJBT '頭', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'śiraḥ'; MW 'śiras'; SH '頭', p. 453)

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 23 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 144
  • Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 126 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 121 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 113 , has English translation
  • Scroll 11 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 105 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 85
  • Scroll 2 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 85 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 83
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 78
  • Scroll 1 Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品 — count: 77

Collocations

  • 檀头 (檀頭) 有婆羅門名究羅檀頭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 28
  • 七头 (七頭) 名曰七頭 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 20
  • 头会 (頭會) 彼阿修羅七頭會處 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 18
  • 头种 (頭種) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
  • 浇头 (澆頭) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
  • 摩头 (摩頭) 拘摩頭 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
  • 头摩 (頭摩) 我爾時語頭摩隸車子言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 10
  • 道头 (道頭) 乃詣道頭波梨梵志林中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
  • 头揵 (頭揵) 摩頭揵地迦花 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 7 — count: 8
  • 提头 (提頭) 即念提頭賴天王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8