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

• 火头金刚(火頭金剛) Ucchusma
• 牛头法融(牛頭法融) Farong
• 楞严头(楞嚴頭) Leng Yan Mantra
• 问菩萨为何倒坐 叹众生不肯回头(問菩薩為何倒坐 嘆眾生不肯回頭) One asks why the bodhisattva is sitting backwards; He sighs about beings refusing to change direction.
• 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
• 般头摩(般頭摩) padma; lotus flower
• 龙头蛇尾(龍頭蛇尾) dragon head and snake tail; strong start but weak finish ; to start off big and end up in nothing
• 阅头檀(閱頭檀) Shuddhodana; Suddhodana; śuddhodana
• 八指头陀(八指頭陀) Bazhu Toutuo; Jing An

Also contained in

烂舌头 、 头里 、 崭露头角 、 街头 、 头像 、 昏头 、 头午 、 头半天 、 微距镜头 、 罐头 、 老实头 、 带头 、 吃苦头 、 包字头 、 埤头乡 、 十字街头 、 败子回头 、 八般头风 、 红菜头 、 奔头儿 、 读头 、 肱三头肌 、 矛头 、 过头 、 到头来 、 镜头 、 灰头柳莺 、 骨头架子 、 码头 、 咽头 、 骂到臭头 、 棕背黑头鸫 、 头回 、 柱头 、 滩头堡 、 凤头䴙䴘 、 车头 、 冒头 、 叉头 、 接耳交头 、 白头相守 、 头奖

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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 2 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 85 , 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 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
• 浇头 (澆頭) 剎利王水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — 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
• 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
• 提头 (提頭) 即念提頭賴天王 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
• 拍头 (拍頭) 即便拍頭高聲唱言 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 头婆罗门 (頭婆羅門) 波斯匿王即封此村與究羅檀頭婆羅門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 8