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巨头 (jù tóu) — tycoon; magnate; big player (in business, industry, etc.)

Definition

巨头 is a 'tycoon / giant' — a single powerful person, company, or organization that dominates its field (互联网巨头 'internet giant'). 比 富豪 focuses more on business empire/wealth, while 巨头 can also name a dominant company or group.

noun
tycoonmagnatebig player (in business, industry, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 巨头。
    Zhè jiā hù lián wǎng jù tóu zhèng zài shōu gòu yì jiā xiǎo gōng sī.
    This internet giant is acquiring a small company.
  • 巨头，。
    Tā shì yí wèi fáng dì chǎn jù tóu, zī chǎn chāo guò bǎi yì.
    He is a real estate tycoon, with assets over ten billion.
  • 巨头，。
    Liǎng dà chuán méi jù tóu hé bìng hòu, shì chǎng fèn é dà fú zēng jiā.
    After the two media giants merged, market share increased significantly.

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.

巨jùhuge
头tóuhead

巨 (huge) and 头 (head) picture a big head of an organization, hence a magnate.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
豆
豆dòu頭tóu
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

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