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头发tóu fǎ
hair
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 头发 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 頭髮 | ||
| 頭髮 | tóufa, tóufǎ | |
| 1. n. hair on the head | ||
| 梳 頭髮fa - to comb one's hair | ||
| 一 縷 頭髮fa - a lock of hair | ||
| 種zhòng植 頭髮fa - to transplant hair | ||
| 我 把 頭髮 染 成 了 粉 的。 - I dyed my hair pink. | ||
| 2. usage. For hair on other parts of the body, use 毛 instead. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| hair | ||
| 1. 名词. 头发、发、毛 | ||
| Components | ||
| 头 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 頭 | ||
| 頭 | tóu | |
| 1. (anatomy) head | ||
| 我 頭 不再 痛 了。 (Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le.) - My head doesn't hurt any more. | ||
| 2. hair; hairstyle | ||
| 洗頭 (xǐtóu) - to wash one's hair | ||
| 把 頭 剃 光 (bǎ tóu tì guāng) - to shave one's head | ||
| 3. beginning or end | ||
| 從 頭 開始 (cóng tóu kāishǐ) - to start from the beginning | ||
| 4. top; tip; end | ||
| 山頭 - shāntóu - top of a mountain | ||
| 火柴 頭 - huǒchái tóu - tip of a match | ||
| 5. chief; boss; leader (person that leads or directs) | ||
| 工頭 - gōngtóu - foreman | ||
| 你們 的 頭兒r 是 誰？ (Nǐmen de tóur shì shéi?) - Who is your leader? | ||
| 6. remnant; end | ||
| 布頭兒r - bùtóur - oddment | ||
| 煙頭 - yāntóu - cigarette bud | ||
| 7. first; leading | ||
| 頭獎 - tóujiǎng - first prize; biggest prize | ||
| 頭 班 車 - tóu bān chē - first departure | ||
| 8. (used before a classifier or a numeral) first | ||
| 頭 一 遍 - tóu yī biàn - the first time | ||
| 頭 三 天 - tóu sān tiān - the first three days | ||
| 頭 幾個 - tóu jǐge - the first few | ||
| 9. (Hakka, Min Nan, dated in Mainland China) station | ||
| 車頭 - chhia-thâu - train station, MN | ||
| 10. side; aspect | ||
| 11. (Teochew) at the same time; simultaneously | ||
| 头 尋 头 呌 门外 来 (tao5 cim5 tao5 giê3 mung5 ghua7 lai5, ref=late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板一世報全歌) - While searching and shouting he went outdoors., MN-T | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) plug; connector; Short for 插頭, tr=- | ||
| type C 頭tau4-2 - type C tau4-2 - USB Type-C connector, C | ||
| 我 有 兩 頭 豬。 (Wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū.) - I have two pigs. | ||
| 13. (dialectal) | ||
| 14. (Min Bei) | ||
| 15. Suffix that forms nouns. | ||
| 16. Added to a noun. | ||
| 17. 罐頭tou (guàntou) - can; tin | ||
| 18. 石頭tou (shítou) - rock | ||
| 19. Added to a locative word. | ||
| 20. 裡頭tou (lǐtou) - inside | ||
| 21. 前頭tou (qiántou) - front | ||
| 22. Added to a verb to form an abstract noun. | ||
| 23. 念頭tou (niàntou) - thought; idea | ||
| 24. Added to an adjective to form an abstract noun. | ||
| 25. 甜頭tou (tiántou) - sweet taste; benefit | ||
| 发 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 發 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 髮 | ||
| 發 | fā | |
| 1. to shoot; to launch | ||
| 發射 - to shoot; (of space vehicle) to launch | ||
| 2. to issue | ||
| 發佈 - to release | ||
| 發號施令 - to give orders | ||
| 3. to distribute | ||
| 4. 發行xíng - to distribute; to circulate; to issue (securities) | ||
| 5. 發 傳單 - to distribute leaflets | ||
| 6. 發 工資 - to pay out wages | ||
| 7. to ship; to send for delivery | ||
| 8. 發貨 - to ship goods | ||
| 9. to post; to send message | ||
| 10. 發電 - to send a telegram | ||
| 11. 發 微博 - to post an update to Weibo | ||
| 12. 發 推特 - to post an update to Twitter; to tweet | ||
| 13. 發 錯 群 - to post to the wrong group | ||
| 14. 發 電子郵件 - to send an e-mail | ||
| 15. to publish | ||
| 16. 刊發 - to publish (in press media) | ||
| 17. 發表 論文 - to publish a research work | ||
| 18. to emit | ||
| 19. 發光 - to emit light | ||
| 20. 發音 - to pronounce; to vocalise | ||
| 21. 煥發 - (figuratively) to radiate | ||
| 22. to escape | ||
| 23. 發散sàn - to diverge | ||
| 24. 蒸發 - to evaporate | ||
| 25. 揮發性 - volatility | ||
| 26. (chiefly of plants or plant parts) to grow out; (of flowers) to blossom | ||
| 27. 發芽 - to germinate | ||
| 28. to depart; to leave | ||
| 始發站 - station of departure | ||
| 發 往 北京 的 列車 - train leaving for Beijing | ||
| 29. to dispatch | ||
| 發兵 - to dispatch troops | ||
| 徵發 - to requisition | ||
| 30. to expand; to extend; to spread | ||
| 發揚 - to promote | ||
| 發展 - to develop; to enhance | ||
| 發條 - coiled spring; clockwork, lit=expanding strip) | ||
| 31. to rise; to emerge | ||
| 32. 發跡 - to rise to prominence | ||
| 33. to gain wealth | ||
| 34. 暴發戶 - parvenu/e | ||
| 35. 他 發 了le。 - He has made a fortune. | ||
| 36. (of food) to rise, expand, or become porous, especially as a result of leavening | ||
| 37. 發糕 - fa gao (a porous rice dessert) | ||
| 38. 麵 還沒 發 好。 - The dough has not yet fully risen. | ||
| 39. to initiate; to give start to | ||
| 發動 - to start (an engine) | ||
| 自發 - spontaneous; voluntary, lit=self-initiated | ||
| 後發制人 - to overpower the opponent by reacting to their (ill-advised) initiative; to win by not striking the first | ||
| 激發 - to stimulate | ||
| 40. to generate; to produce | ||
| 發電 - to generate electric power | ||
| 41. to become; to get into a certain state | ||
| 發燒 - to have a fever | ||
| 發狂 - to go mad | ||
| 發呆 - to be in a daze | ||
| 發情 - to be in oestrus | ||
| 發覺jué - to become aware | ||
| 42. (zh-no-solo) to open; to remove what seals, blocks, or shuts | ||
| 發掘 - to excavate; to unearth; (figurative) to develop | ||
| 發軔 - to start, lit=to unblock the wheels | ||
| 發現 - to discover; discovery | ||
| 43. to make manifest; to express; to act out | ||
| 發誓 - to swear an oath | ||
| 發怒 - to act out one's anger; to hit out | ||
| 揭發 - to expose (wrongdoing, scandal, etc.) | ||
| 發表 意見 - to express one's opinions | ||
| 44. (figurative, of the mind) to make clear; to enlighten; to open up; to stimulate | ||
| 發明 - to explain clearly; to invent | ||
| 啟發 - to inspire; to enlighten | ||
| 45. (slang) | ||
| 髮 | 髮 | |
| 1. (anatomy) hair | ||
| 頭髮fa - hair | ||
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Pronunciation
tóu fǎ
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