理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 卷发 卷髮 juǎn fà curly hair / to curl hair 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn 盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) 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 发 髮 fà hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] syn 指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn 头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head) syn 黑人 hēi rén black person / an illegal 黑色 hēi sè black 胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious syn 毛发 毛髮 máo fà hair syn 分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair syn 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 黑市 hēi shì black market 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black syn 毫发 毫髮 háo fà a hair / the slightest syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 乌云 烏雲 wū yún black cloud syn 秀发 秀髮 xiù fà beautiful hair 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn 发夹 髮夾 fà jiā hair clip syn 脱毛 脫毛 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave 梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 吹风机 吹風機 chuī fēng jī hair dryer syn 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 刘海 劉海 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair) syn 黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery) syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 毫毛 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way") syn 冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 红茶 紅茶 hóng chá black tea / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2] 蓬蓬 péng peng overgrown / unkempt (of hair) 鬓角 鬢角 bìn jiǎo sideburns / temples / hair on the temples syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 黑熊 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) syn 穷凶极恶 窮兇極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn 黑匣子 hēi xiá zi (airplane) black box syn 毛囊 máo náng hair follicle 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 黑海 hēi hǎi Black Sea 发丝 髮絲 fà sī hair (on the head) syn 腋毛 yè máo armpit hair 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn 莨菪 làng dàng black henbane 石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago 电吹风 電吹風 diàn chuī fēng hair dryer 发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn 染发剂 染髮劑 rǎn fà jì hair dye / rinse / tint 青鱼 青魚 qīng yú black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) / herring / mackerel syn 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 寒毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body syn 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance syn 卡子 qiǎ zi clip / hair fastener / checkpoint syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 黑色素 hēi sè sù black pigment / melanin 怒发冲冠 怒髮衝冠 nù fà chōng guān lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles syn 草果 cǎo guǒ black cardamom / (dialect) strawberry syn 单色 單色 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white 花白 huā bái grizzled (hair) syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 银狐 銀狐 yín hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐 syn 阴毛 陰毛 yīn máo pubic hair 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 黑沉沉 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black syn 蓬乱 蓬亂 péng luàn matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch syn 摩丝 摩絲 mó sī hair mousse (loanword) 