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迎头 (yíng tóu) — to meet head-on, to confront directly

Definition

An adverbial chunk meaning 'head-on, directly' — emphasizes meeting something (a challenge, problem, or opponent) face to face rather than avoiding it. Typically pairs with 赶上, 面对, 赶上 or 击.

verb
to meet head-onto confront directly

Examples

  • 迎头。
    Wǒ men yào yíng tóu miàn duì zhè ge tiǎo zhàn.
    We must face this challenge head-on.
  • ，。
    Tā yíng le yí cì tóu, zhōng yú jiě jué le wèn tí.
    He confronted it head-on once and finally solved the problem.
  • 。
    Gōng sī jué dìng yíng tóu gǎn shàng jìng zhēng duì shǒu.
    The company decided to catch up head-on with its competitors.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

迎yíngmeet or face
头tóufront part

迎 gives 'meet or face', and 头 gives the front part; together they mean meeting straight on.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng迎yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

迎 is made of 辶 (written fully as 辵) for the meaning and 卬 for the sound.

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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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