头
tou
suffix for nouns
头 — the noun-suffix marker
头 originally meant 'head' — a pictograph of a large person with emphasis on the top. It was then borrowed as a lightweight noun suffix (as in 木头, 石头) through grammaticalization, much as 'head' in English appears in 'figurehead' or simply gets bleached of meaning entirely.
他站在外头等你。
tā zhàn zài wài tou děng nǐ。
He is standing outside waiting for you.
石头很重，我搬不动。
shí tou hěn zhòng，wǒ bān bù dòng。
The stone is very heavy; I can't move it.
Words with 头
头套
tóu tào
actor's headgear
排头兵
pái tóu bīng
lit. frontline troops
盖头
gài tóu
cover
打头阵
dǎ tóu zhèn
to take the lead
箭头
jiàn tóu
arrowhead
老头
lǎo tóu
old fellow
转头
zhuǎn tóu
to turn one's head
风头
fēng tóu
wind direction
头等舱
tóu děng cāng
1st class cabin
头饰
tóu shì
head ornament
回头路
huí tóu lù
the road back to where one came from
晕头转向
yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng
confused and disoriented