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个头 meaning in English

gètóu

size; height

Traditional 個頭8 strokes

Meaning of 个头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gètóu
  1. size
  2. height
getóu
  1. (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)

个头 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā比bǐ我wǒ高gāo一yí个gè头tóu。
He is a head taller than me.
汤tāng姆mǔ起qǐ码mǎ比bǐ我wǒ高gāo一yí个gè头tóu。
Tom is at least a head taller than me.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài胸xiōng上shàng有yǒu个gè头tóu骨gǔ文wén身shēn。
Tom has a tattoo of a skull on his chest.
我wǒ想xiǎng在zài出chū发fā旅lǚ行xíng前qián剪jiǎn个gè头tóu发fā。
I want to get a haircut before I go on the trip.
嗨hāi看kàn呀ya，一yī只zhī三sān个gè头tóu的de猴hóu子zi！
Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!

Stroke order for each character

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个 gè · classifier used before a noun that has … · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 个头.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
个子gèzistature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied
整个zhěnggèwhole; entire
个人gèrénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
石头shítoustone
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
个性gèxìngindividuality; personality
木头mùtouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
老头儿lǎotóursee 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
镜头jìngtóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

Questions about 个头

What does 个头 mean?

个头 (gètóu) means "size; height".

How do you write 个头?

个头 is made of 2 characters: 个 (3 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

How is 个头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 个头 is written 個頭.