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] 火炬 huǒ jù (flaming) torch / CL:把[ba3] syn 光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless syn 火把 huǒ bǎ torch / CL:把[ba3] syn 秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person 手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch syn 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 手电 手電 shǒu diàn flashlight / torch syn 付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately syn 反光镜 反光鏡 fǎn guāng jìng reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex) 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 焊枪 焊槍 hàn qiāng welding torch 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 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) 星火计划 星火計劃 Spark and Torch programmes 火把节 火把節 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival 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 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 炬 jù torch syn 爝 jué torch 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 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 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 头部 頭部 tóu bù head syn 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 元首 yuán shǒu head of state 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 低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head / to yield / to give in syn 头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head / chief syn 首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry / head ornament 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 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 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 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 后脑勺 後腦勺 hòu nǎo sháo back of the head syn 秃顶 禿頂 tū dǐng bald head 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 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 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 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 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 后脑 後腦 hòu nǎo hindbrain / back of the head 脑壳 腦殻 nǎo ké (coll.) head / skull / (fig.) brains (mental capacity) syn 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 领班 領班 lǐng bān supervisor / foreman / head waiter or waitress 金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) syn 埋头 埋頭 mái tóu to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 所长 所長 suǒ zhǎng head of an institute etc 系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 脑瓜 腦瓜 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas syn 太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) 剃头 剃頭 tì tóu to have one's head shaved syn 迎面 yíng miàn directly / head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face syn 一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) syn 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 昂首阔步 昂首闊步 áng shǒu kuò bù striding forward with head high (idiom) / to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut syn 