VocabularyHSK 3 · core

头发

tóufa

hair

Part of speech · noun

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髮hair of the head

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Examples

她的头发很长。
She has long hair.
我想剪头发。
I want a haircut.

Collocations

长头发短头发剪头发

Mnemonic

头发 tóufa "hair (on head)" — 头 + 发 (simplified from 髮). 发 has two pronunciations: fā "to send" (发现 discover) vs fà "hair" (头发). Note neutral tone in 头发 = fa.

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Traditional form of 发 (hair)?