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 猎人 獵人 liè rén hunter syn 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 仰头 仰頭 yǎng tóu to raise one's head syn 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 猎手 獵手 liè shǒu hunter syn 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 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 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain 