带头人 (dài tóu rén) — leader; pioneer; person who takes the lead

Definition

noun

leaderpioneerperson who takes the lead

Measure word · 个

带头人。
Tā shì wǒ men tuán duì de dài tóu rén.
He is the leader of our team.
带头人。
Zhè ge xiàng mù de dài tóu rén hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
The leader of this project is very experienced.
带头人。
Tā shì yí wèi jì shù gé xīn de dài tóu rén.
She is a pioneer in technological innovation.

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.

带头take the lead

动宾Verb + object

带头 means taking the lead, and 人 is that person.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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.

豆頁頭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.