粵

頭tau4頭tau4

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English

  1. head
  2. at first; at beginning (Cantonese)
  3. chief
  4. at first; in the first instance; at the beginning
  5. leader; chief; head; boss
  6. just now

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一開始嘅時候;最初
  2. 領袖;上司
  3. 啱啱;冇耐之前

Examples

  • 頭頭做咩嚟?

    What did you do just now?

  • 我哋廠頭頭得十幾個人。

    Our factory had only 10-ish people at the beginning. ----

  • 捱咗咁多年,佢終於升到做公司頭頭。

    After many years of hard work, she finally rises to become the head of the company.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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