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 主任 zhǔ rèn director / head / 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 浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn 转头 轉頭 zhuǎn tóu to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent syn 率领 率領 shuài lǐng to lead / to command / to head syn 首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry / head ornament syn 迎面 yíng miàn directly / head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face 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 发丝 髮絲 fà sī hair (on the head) syn 元首 yuán shǒu head of state syn 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) 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 身先士卒 shēn xiān shì zú to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead syn 套头 套頭 tào tóu (of a garment) designed to be put on by pulling it over one's head (like a sweater or T-shirt etc) 柱头 柱頭 zhù tóu (architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma syn 花头 花頭 huā tóu flower head syn 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue syn 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn 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 页 頁 xié head syn 抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn 绖 絰 dié hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 走向 zǒu xiàng direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn 摇头 搖頭 yáo tóu to shake one's head syn 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 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] 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 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 低头 低頭 dī tóu to bow the head / to yield / to give in 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] 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 副主任 fù zhǔ rèn deputy director / assistant head 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 头顶 頭頂 tóu dǐng top of the head syn 头部 頭部 tóu bù head syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 为首 為首 wéi shǒu head / be headed by syn 团长 團長 tuán zhǎng regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator 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 过头 過頭 guò tóu to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead syn 首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn 所长 所長 suǒ zhǎng head of an institute etc 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 扬起 揚起 yáng qǐ to raise one's head / to perk up syn 脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains / mind / head / way of thinking syn 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) 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 猪头 豬頭 zhū tóu pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk 蒋介石 蔣介石 jiǎng jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 正视 正視 zhèng shì to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to syn 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill / (coll.) to be not right in the head syn 首脑 首腦 shǒu nǎo head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader syn 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 扭头 扭頭 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around syn 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless syn 头颅 頭顱 tóu lú head / skull syn 狂笑 kuáng xiào to howl with laughter / to laugh one's head off syn 迎战 迎戰 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on syn 探头 探頭 tàn tóu to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit 牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn 脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 县长 縣長 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner 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) 掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about syn 前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above syn 铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance syn 仰头 仰頭 yǎng tóu to raise one's head syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee 头昏 頭昏 tóu hūn dizzy / giddy / one's head spins 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 横空 橫空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky 颔首 頷首 hàn shǒu to nod one's head syn 头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming 国家主席 國家主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) 正着 正著 zhèng zháo head-on / red-handed 惊慌失措 驚慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) syn 龟头 龜頭 guī tóu head of a turtle / glans penis 系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 牛头 牛頭 niú tóu ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 喷头 噴頭 pēn tóu nozzle / spray-head syn 太阳穴 太陽穴 tài yáng xué temple (on the sides of human head) 白头 白頭 bái tóu hoary head / old age syn 头领 頭領 tóu lǐng head person / leader syn 