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抱头

bào tóu

2-character word Traditional 抱頭

What 抱头 means

1. to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced
2. to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc)
3. to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)

The characters in 抱头

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words starting with 抱头

• 抱头痛哭bào tóu tòng kūto weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder
• 抱头鼠窜bào tóu shǔ cuànto cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

Sounds the same

Read bào tóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报头masthead (of a newspaper etc); nameplate
• 爆头(neologism; slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head; headshot