从头 meaning in English

cóngtóu

anew; from the start

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 從頭9 strokes

Meaning of 从头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cóngtóu
  1. anew
  2. from the start

从头 in example sentences

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

从cóng头tóu开kāi始shǐ吧ba。
Let's start over.
从cóng头tóu开kāi始shǐ。
Start at the beginning.
我wǒ得de从cóng头tóu开kāi始shǐ做zuò吗ma?
Have I got to do it from scratch?
汤tāng姆mǔ从cóng头tóu开kāi始shǐ了le。
Tom began again.
你nǐ冷lěng静jìng下xià来lái,从cóng头tóu开kāi始shǐ跟gēn我wǒ说shuō。
Calm down and explain it from the beginning.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

从 cóng · from · 4 strokes

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

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 从头.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood; from a young age
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
从来cóngláialways; at all times
自从zìcóngsince (a time); ever since
石头shítoustone
从前cóngqiánpreviously; formerly
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
从事cóngshìto go for; to engage in
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]

Questions about 从头

What does 从头 mean?

从头 (cóngtóu) means "anew; from the start" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 从头?

从头 is made of 2 characters: 从 (4 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 从头 an HSK word?

Yes. 从头 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 从头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 从头 is written 從頭.