灰色 huī sè gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous syn 格雷 gé léi Grey / Gray 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 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 灰白色 huī bái sè ash gray 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 苍苍 蒼蒼 cāng cāng ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing syn 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 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) 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 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 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 綦 qí dark gray / superlative / variegated syn 骃 駰 yīn iron-gray (horse) 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 胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit 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 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) 秀发 秀髮 xiù fà beautiful hair 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair syn 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge 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 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 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 蓬蓬 péng peng overgrown / unkempt (of hair) 鬓角 鬢角 bìn jiǎo sideburns / temples / hair on the temples syn 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn 毛囊 máo náng hair follicle 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 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 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 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 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 花白 huā bái grizzled (hair) syn 阴毛 陰毛 yīn máo pubic hair 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) 发包 髮包 fà bāo bun hair extension 潘婷 pān tíng Pantene (hair products brand) 驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn 女孩儿 女孩兒 nǚ hái r erhua variant of 女孩[nu:3hai2] syn 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 毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold syn 洗头 洗頭 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 发型师 髮型師 fà xíng shī hair stylist 须发 鬚髮 xū fà hair and beard 护发素 護髮素 hù fà sù hair conditioner 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 体毛 體毛 tǐ máo body hair 结发 結髮 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age 鬓发 鬢髮 bìn fà hair on the temples syn 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 发胶 髮膠 fà jiāo hair gel 云鬓 雲鬢 yún bìn a woman's beautiful, thick hair 拔毛 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 接发 接發 jiē fà hair extensions 发菜 髮菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss 