头 tou HSK 2
Daily Life

头 — nominal suffix (neutral tone)

Stroke order
Example sentences
里头 lǐ tou 有 yǒu 人 rén
There is someone inside.
我 wǒ 头 tóu 疼 téng
I have a headache.
外头 wài tou 很 hěn 冷 lěng
It is cold outside.
他 tā 的 de 头 tóu 很 hěn 大 dà
His head is big.
Grammar note

As tóu it means head or end of something. Functions as a measure word for large animals: 一头牛 (one cow). Also forms compounds like 头疼 (headache).

As a suffix, tou loses its tone (neutral syllable) and attaches to position words: 里头 (inside), 外头 (outside), 上头 (above), 下头 (below).

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Words from the sentences
里头 lǐtou inside; interior 有 yǒu have; there be 人 rén person; people 我 wǒ I; me 疼 téng to hurt; to ache 很 hěn very 冷 lěng cold 他 tā he 的 de possessive or attributive particle 大 dà big; large
Related by grammar
疼 téng to hurt; to ache
HSK2 categories
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