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头发

tóu fa · tou fa

Traditional 頭髮

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. hair (on the head)
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Too much hair

  1. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)头发(tóufa)好长(hǎocháng)啊(a)！

    Your hair is so long!

  2. Dengdeng

    对(duì)。我(wǒ)一年(yīnián)没(méi)剪(jiǎn)了(le)。

    Yes, I have not cut it for a year.

  3. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)去(qù)剪(jiǎn)头发(tóufa)吧(ba)？

    Shall we go cut your hair today?

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)。可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)的(de)头发(tóufa)很多(hěnduō)，理发师(lǐfàshī)会不会(huìbùhuì)生气(shēngqì)？

    Okay. But I have so much hair. Will the barber be upset?

  5. Liangliang

    不会(bùhuì)。可是(kěshì)他(tā)可能(kěnéng)收(shōu)你(nǐ)两个人(liǎnggèrén)的(de)钱(qián)。

    No. But he might charge you for two people.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)的(de)头(tóu)发(fa)又(yòu)黑(hēi)又(yòu)长(cháng)。

Her hair is black and long.

02

我(wǒ)每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)都(dōu)洗(xǐ)头(tóu)发(fa)。

I wash my hair every morning.

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头
tóu

head; hair style

发
fā

to send out; to show (one's feeling)

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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