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摇头yáo tóu
shake your head
Definitions
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摇头 | ||
1. Simplified form of 搖頭 | ||
搖頭 | yáotóu | |
1. v. to shake one's head (to signal disagreement) | ||
Components | ||
摇 | ||
1. Simplified form of 搖 | ||
搖 | yáo | |
1. to wag; to swing; to wave | ||
2. to shake | ||
3. to scull | ||
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 | ||
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Pronunciation
yáo tóu
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