盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate 焗油 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 脱发 脫髮 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia 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 发卡 髮卡 fà qiǎ hair grip / hair clip syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 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) 电棒 電棒 diàn bàng (coll.) flashlight / (Tw) stun baton / (Tw) hair iron / hair tongs syn 披头散发 披頭散髮 pī tóu sàn fà with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down 挑染 tiāo rǎn highlight (hair) / partial hair dye 蓬茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 补品 補品 bǔ pǐn tonic syn 进补 進補 jìn bǔ to take a tonic (for one's health) 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 主音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 补药 補藥 bǔ yào tonic syn 大补帖 大補帖 dà bǔ tiě tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software 补养 補養 bǔ yǎng to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health syn 滋补品 滋補品 zī bǔ pǐn tonic / invigorant syn 主和弦 zhǔ hé xián tonic triad / triad of the home key 八珍汤 八珍湯 bā zhēn tāng eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine 四物汤 四物湯 sì wù tāng four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine 奎宁水 奎寧水 kuí níng shuǐ tonic water / quinine water 汤力水 湯力水 tāng lì shuǐ tonic water 补剂 補劑 bǔ jì tonic / supplement 虚不受补 虛不受補 xū bù shòu bǔ a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic 冬虫夏草 冬蟲夏草 dōng chóng - xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) 琴通宁 琴通寧 qín tōng níng (Tw) gin and tonic 琴通尼 qín tōng ní (Tw) gin and tonic 金汤力 金湯力 jīn tāng lì (loanword) gin and tonic 头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head) syn 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit 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 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 女孩儿 女孩兒 nǚ hái r erhua variant of 女孩[nu:3hai2] syn 黑发 黑髮 hēi fà black hair 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 毛发 毛髮 máo fà hair syn 皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn 发丝 髮絲 fà sī hair (on the head) 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 披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn 分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately / severally / parted hair 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 染发 染髮 rǎn fà to dye one's hair / rinse / tint 洗头 洗頭 xǐ tóu to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo 冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn 发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] 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 刘海 劉海 liú hǎi bangs / fringe (hair) syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 花白 huā bái grizzled (hair) syn 毫发 毫髮 háo fà a hair / the slightest syn 阴毛 陰毛 yīn máo pubic hair 卷曲 捲曲 juǎn qū to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly syn 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 发包 髮包 fà bāo bun hair extension 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn 梳头 梳頭 shū tóu to comb one's hair syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 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 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 发夹 髮夾 fà jiā hair clip syn 发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn 脱毛 脫毛 tuō máo to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave 发 髮 fà hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] syn 发型师 髮型師 fà xíng shī hair stylist 须发 鬚髮 xū fà hair and beard 毛囊 máo náng hair follicle 华发 華髮 huá fà (literary) gray hair syn 吹风机 吹風機 chuī fēng jī hair dryer syn 寒毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body syn 电吹风 電吹風 diàn chuī fēng hair dryer 护发素 護髮素 hù fà sù hair conditioner 染发剂 染髮劑 rǎn fà jì hair dye / rinse / tint 蓬蓬 péng peng overgrown / unkempt (of hair) 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 鬓角 鬢角 bìn jiǎo sideburns / temples / hair on the temples syn 蓬头垢面 蓬頭垢面 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance syn 体毛 體毛 tǐ máo body hair 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 蓬乱 蓬亂 péng luàn matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch 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 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 摩丝 摩絲 mó sī hair mousse (loanword) 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 卡子 qiǎ zi clip / hair fastener / checkpoint syn 秋霜 qiū shuāng autumn frost / fig. white hair as sign of old age 发胶 髮膠 fà jiāo hair gel