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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 牵头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

牵头 qiāntóu

to take the lead; to spearhead

It can also mean

  • to act as go-between

Its characters

  1. 牵 qiān to lead (by holding)
  2. 头 tóu head

In a sentence

这个项目由我们部门牵头。 Our department is leading this project.

牵头设计这套拼音的人,竟然是一位在华尔街工作过的银行家。

From 拼音是谁发明的? · Who invented pinyin? The story of Zhou Youguang

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