Definition
梳头 means 'to comb one's hair'. It's a separable verb-object compound (离合词): the verb 梳 and the object 头 can split when you insert a time, measure word, or marker of completion between them. For example, you can say 梳了十分钟头 ('combed hair for ten minutes') or 梳过两次头 ('have combed hair twice'). When not separated, use 梳头 as a whole word.
v.o.
to comb one's hair
Examples
- 梳头。Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào shū tóu.She has to comb her hair every morning.
- 。Tā shū le wǔ fēnzhōng tóu.She combed her hair for five minutes.
- 。Wǒ shū guò sān cì tóu.I've combed my hair three times.
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