额头
é tóu
Pinyin

Definition

额头
 - 
é tóu
  1. forehead

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丫头
yā tou
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 servant girl
  3. 3 (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
低头
dī tóu
  1. 1 to bow the head
  2. 2 to yield
  3. 3 to give in
回头
huí tóu
  1. 1 to turn round
  2. 2 to turn one's head
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 by and by
年头
nián tóu
  1. 1 start of the year
  2. 2 whole year
  3. 3 a particular year
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 days
  6. 6 epoch
  7. 7 a year's harvest
抬头
tái tóu
  1. 1 to raise one's head
  2. 2 to gain ground
  3. 3 account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
枕头
zhěn tou
  1. 1 pillow
汕头
Shàn tóu
  1. 1 Shantou (formerly romanized as Swatow), prefecture-level city in Guangdong
洗头
xǐ tóu
  1. 1 to wash one's hair
  2. 2 to have a shampoo
尽头
jìn tóu
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 limit
石头
shí tou
  1. 1 stone
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
码头
mǎ tóu
  1. 1 dock
  2. 2 pier
  3. 3 wharf
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
老头
lǎo tóu
  1. 1 old fellow
  2. 2 old man
  3. 3 father
  4. 4 husband
街头
jiē tóu
  1. 1 street
过头
guò tóu
  1. 1 to overdo it
  2. 2 to overstep the limit
  3. 3 excessively
  4. 4 above one's head
  5. 5 overhead
镜头
jìng tóu
  1. 1 camera lens
  2. 2 camera shot (in a movie etc)
  3. 3 scene
头
tóu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 hair style
  3. 3 the top
  4. 4 end
  5. 5 beginning or end
  6. 6 a stub
  7. 7 remnant
  8. 8 chief
  9. 9 boss
  10. 10 side
  11. 11 aspect
  12. 12 first
  13. 13 leading
  14. 14 classifier for pigs or livestock
  15. 15 CL:個|个[gè]
头像
tóu xiàng
  1. 1 portrait
  2. 2 bust
头晕
tóu yūn
  1. 1 dizzy
头疼
tóu téng
  1. 1 headache
头痛
tóu tòng
  1. 1 to have a headache

Idioms (20)

丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
  1. 1 enemy (idiom); opponent
  2. 2 arch-enemy
冤有头，债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
  2. 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
劈头盖脸
pī tóu gài liǎn
  1. 1 lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
  2. 2 showering down
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
品头论足
pǐn tóu lùn zú
  1. 1 lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance
  2. 2 fig. to find fault in minor details
  3. 3 nitpicking
  4. 4 overcritical
垂头丧气
chuí tóu sàng qì
  1. 1 hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
  2. 2 crestfallen
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
大限临头
dà xiàn lín tóu
  1. 1 facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life
  2. 2 with one foot in the grave
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

Sample Sentences

看来西洋僵尸是不跟灵异扯上关系的，这倒也有趣。中国的僵尸只要在额头上贴个符，就不能动了，西洋僵尸可是非杀了不可呢！
kànlai xīyáng jiāngshī shì bù gēn língyì chěshàngguānxi de ，zhè dào yě yǒuqù 。Zhōngguó de jiāngshī zhǐyào zài é tóu shàng tiē gè fú ，jiù bùnéng dòng le ，xīyáng jiāngshī kě shì fēi shāle bùkě ne ！
It seems pretty interesting that Western zombies aren't associated with the supernatural. You only have to place a curse on a Chinese zombie's forehead to paralyze it, but you have to kill Western zombies!
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