烫头 (tàng tóu) — to get a perm, to perm one's hair

Definition

Colloquial verb meaning 'to perm one's hair' (literally 'perm + head'). A separable verb: 烫头 / 烫了一次头, with 头 as the inserted object. More everyday than the formal 烫发.

verb

to get a permto perm one's hair

Examples

烫头。
Tā míng tiān yào qù tàng tóu.
She's going to get a perm tomorrow.
烫头。
Wǒ xiǎng tàng tóu yí cì.
I want to get a perm once.
。
Tā shàng ge yuè tàng le yí cì tóu.
She got a perm last month.

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