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上頭

上頭

See also: 上头

Chinese

 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (上頭)
simp. (上头)

Noun

上頭

  1. higher authorities
  2. aspect; respect

Postposition

上頭

  1. above; over; on

Pronunciation 2

Adverb

上頭

  1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Min Nan) initially; at first

Noun

上頭

  1. (literary or Xiamen and Zhangzhou Min Nan) front

Pronunciation 3

Noun

上頭

  1. (dated) combing of a bride's hair in a bun for marriage
  2. (historical) binding of one's hair to signify coming of age (women get a hairpin at the age of fifteen and men get a hat at the age of twenty)
  3. (Quanzhou Min Nan) a kind of coming-of-age ceremony for the bride and groom the day before their marriage

Verb

上頭

  1. (literary or Min Nan, of a woman) to get married

Pronunciation 4

Verb

上頭

  1. (of alcohol) to go to one's head