家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning syn 光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless syn 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person 一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously syn 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn 诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death / to fake death syn 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn 水头 水頭 shuǐ tóu hydraulic head / total head syn 头面 頭面 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks syn 害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection) 非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death 顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn 头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head) syn 脑袋 腦袋 nǎo dài head / skull / brains / mental capability / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn 主任 zhǔ rèn director / head / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 头部 頭部 tóu bù head syn 死因 sǐ yīn cause of death 浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 生死 shēng sǐ life or death syn 元首 yuán shǒu head of state syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 致死 zhì sǐ to cause death / to be lethal / to be deadly 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance syn 首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn 掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about syn 猪头 豬頭 zhū tóu pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 处死 處死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death syn 低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head / to yield / to give in syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head / chief syn 首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry / head ornament syn 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 永别 永別 yǒng bié to part forever / eternal parting (i.e. death) syn 摇头 搖頭 yáo tóu to shake one's head syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 头顶 頭頂 tóu dǐng top of the head syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains / mind / head / way of thinking syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 头颅 頭顱 tóu lú head / skull syn 惊慌失措 驚慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) syn 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn 过头 過頭 guò tóu to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead syn 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 首脑 首腦 shǒu nǎo head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader syn 死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death syn 眩晕 眩暈 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] syn 正视 正視 zhèng shì to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 后脑勺 後腦勺 hòu nǎo sháo back of the head syn 秃顶 禿頂 tū dǐng bald head syn 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 zuò yǐ dài bì to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate syn 寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above syn 头领 頭領 tóu lǐng head person / leader syn 惨遭 慘遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc) syn 率领 率領 shuài lǐng to lead / to command / to head syn 蛇头 蛇頭 shé tóu head of a snake / human smuggler 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn 生死攸关 生死攸關 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death syn 团长 團長 tuán zhǎng regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator 头饰 頭飾 tóu shì head ornament 倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness) syn 迎战 迎戰 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on syn 头昏 頭昏 tóu hūn dizzy / giddy / one's head spins syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 