Head in Chinese
head · HSK 2
头
他摸了摸孩子的头。 He patted the child's head.
Other ways to say head
More words with 头
How do you say head in Chinese?
Head in Chinese is 头 (tóu). You can also say 负责人 (fù zé rén), 主任 (zhǔ rèn), 脑袋 (nǎo dai), 脑子 (nǎo zi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.