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头儿

tóu r · tou r

Traditional 頭兒

Meaning

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  1. leader
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The boss's breakfast

  1. Liangliang

    头儿(tóur)说(shuō)，明天(míngtiān)大家(dàjiā)早点儿(zǎodiǎnr)到(dào)。

    The boss said everyone should arrive a bit early tomorrow.

  2. Dengdeng

    怎么了(zěnmele)？头儿(tóur)要(yào)开会(kāihuì)吗(ma)？

    What is up? Will the boss hold a meeting?

  3. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，头儿(tóur)要(yào)请(qǐng)大家(dàjiā)吃(chī)早饭(zǎofàn)。

    No, the boss will treat everyone to breakfast.

  4. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我(wǒ)明天(míngtiān)五点(wǔdiǎn)就(jiù)起床(qǐchuáng)。

    Great! I will get up at five tomorrow.

  5. Liangliang

    五点(wǔdiǎn)？头儿(tóur)七点(qīdiǎn)才(cái)到(dào)。

    Five? The boss arrives only at seven.

  6. Dengdeng

    没关系(méiguānxi)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)到(dào)，先(xiān)吃(chī)！

    No problem. I arrive first, so I eat first!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)是(shì)我(wǒ)们(men)办(bàn)公(gōng)室(shì)的(de)头(tóu)儿(r)。

I am the boss in my office.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

头(tóu)儿(r)让(ràng)我(wǒ)们(men)明(míng)天(tiān)早(zǎo)点(diǎn)来(lái)开(kāi)会(huì)。

The boss asked us to come to the meeting early tomorrow.

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