头
号

First rate in Chinese: 头号 (tóu hào)

tóu hào

first rate

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 頭號1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1first rate
  2. 2top rank
  3. 3number one

Stroke order

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头
号

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

头号

Simplified

頭號

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 抽烟是伤害身体的头号敌人。

    chōu yān shì shāng hài shēn tǐ de tóu hào dí rén。

    Smoking is the number-one enemy of the body.

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Related words

号

hào

ordinal number

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

号码

hào mǎ

number

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

挂号

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

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