头 (頭) tóu

1. tóu noun head
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
   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)

Contained in

• 八指头陀(八指頭陀) Bazhu Toutuo; Jing An
• 鸠勿头(鳩勿頭) kumuda
• 手摩其头(手摩其頭) heads stroked by the hand
• 阅头檀(閱頭檀) Shuddhodana; Suddhodana; śuddhodana
• 摩诃刹头经(摩訶剎頭經) Mohe Sha Tou Jing
• 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. ; the ocean of suffering is boundless; only by turning back can one reach salvation
• 马头观音(馬頭觀音) Hayagriva
• 禅头(禪頭) jantu; child

Also contained in

气头上 、 坟头 、 平头甲子 、 马头琴 、 芋头 、 左箭头键 、 头脑简单四肢发达 、 头足纲 、 奶头 、 傻头傻脑 、 天星码头 、 沙坡头 、 凤头䴙䴘 、 赶浪头 、 扭头 、 镜头 、 头七 、 头发胡子一把抓 、 山头 、 灰头土脸 、 叩头 、 头大 、 头兜 、 包字头 、 平头 、 狗头雕 、 三头六臂 、 斑头大翠鸟 、 鼇头独占 、 稽头 、 虎头蜂 、 头虱 、 吴头楚尾 、 外头 、 头条 、 花头鹦鹉 、 缩头缩脑 、 奉其头 、 老头儿 、 唱头 、 左字头 、 回头客 、 埤头

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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
• Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 121
• Scroll 1 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 113
• Scroll 11 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 105
• 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
• 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 — Dīrghāgama 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
• 头种 (頭種) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
• 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
• 浇头 (澆頭) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 18
• 头摩 (頭摩) 我爾時語頭摩隸車子言 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 10
• 摩头 (摩頭) 拘摩頭 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
• 拍头 (拍頭) 即便拍頭高聲唱言 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 提头 (提頭) 即念提頭賴天王 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — 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