头绪 meaning in English

tóuxù

outline; main threads

Traditional 頭緒16 strokes

Meaning of 头绪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tóuxù
  1. outline
  2. main threads

头绪 in example sentences

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

没méi头tóu绪xù。
I'm getting nowhere.

Stroke order for each character

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

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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

绪 xù · mental state · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 头绪.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
石头shítoustone
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
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)
骨头gǔtoubone; moral character
后头hòutoubehind; the back
前头qiántouin front; at the head
回头huítóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

Questions about 头绪

What does 头绪 mean?

头绪 (tóuxù) means "outline; main threads".

How do you write 头绪?

头绪 is made of 2 characters: 头 (5 strokes), 绪 (11 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 头绪 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 头绪 is written 頭緒.