秃顶 (tū dǐng) — bald head (on the crown); baldness

Definition

秃顶 (tūdǐng) refers specifically to balding on the top/crown of the head — a male-pattern condition, not general hair loss. As a noun it names the bald patch or the condition of going bald.

noun

bald head (on the crown)baldness

Measure word · 个

Examples

秃顶，。
Tā de tū dǐng fēi cháng míng xiǎn, yí kàn jiù zhī dào shì yí chuán de.
His bald head is very obvious; you can tell at a glance it's hereditary.
秃顶。
Hěn duō rén dào le zhōng nián jiù kāi shǐ dān xīn tū dǐng de wèn tí.
Many people start worrying about baldness when they reach middle age.
秃顶，。
tū dǐng Bìng bù yǐng xiǎng jiàn kāng, dàn huì yǐng xiǎng wài mào.
Baldness doesn't affect health, but it does affect appearance.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

秃tūbald

顶dǐngcrown

秃 (bald) and 顶 (crown) combine to describe a bald head.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 禿; 秃 is its simplified writing.

毛毛máohair
儿儿érperson

The traditional form 禿 puts 毛 (hair) with 儿 (person), showing a person with little or no hair. The simplified 秃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the historical picture.

Open 秃 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頂; 顶 is its simplified writing.

丁頁頂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng頂dǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 頂 pairs 頁, meaning head, with 丁, which supplies the sound; the simplified 顶 is a later abbreviation.

Open 顶 →