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词头

cí tóu

2-character word Traditional 詞頭

What 词头 means

1. prefix
2. headword (in a dictionary)

The characters in 词头

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Sounds the same

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

• 磁头magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cí tóu correctly.
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