Chan tou, Chán tóu, Chǎn tóu: 8 definitions

禪頭—【雜名】禪林之稱。首座之異名。

[zá míng] chán lín zhī chēng. shǒu zuò zhī yì míng.

[za ming] chan lin zhi cheng. shou zuo zhi yi ming.

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纏頭 [chán tóu] [chan tou]—
1. In ancient times, dancers would wrap their heads with colorful silk. When guests gathered for banquets and finished watching the dance, they would often give silk fabrics to the dancers as a reward, called "chantou". Guests also often bestowed silk fabrics or replaced them with money upon courtesans in brothels. Later, the money or valuables given to courtesans or prostitutes were called "chantou". As described in Bai Juyi's (白居易 [bai ju yi]) "Pipa Xing" (琵琶行 [pi pa xing]): "The young men of the Five Mausoleums vied to offer 'chantou', the number of red silk fabrics for one song was countless." Similarly, in Lu You's (陸游 [lu you]) "Plum Blossom Quatrains" (梅花絕句 [mei hua jue ju]), number 4 of 10: "Remembering past travels by the Brocade Washing River (濯錦江 [zhuo jin jiang]), a million 'chantou' were spent drunk in brothels."
2. Hui people (回人 [hui ren]) wrap their heads with white cloth, which is called "chantou huizi" (回子 [hui zi]). It is also called "chanhui" (纏回 [chan hui]).

chán tóu:1. gǔ shí wǔ zhě yòng cǎi jǐn chán tóu, dāng bīn kè yàn jí, shǎng wǔ wán bì, cháng zèng luó jǐn gěi wǔ zhě wèi cǎi, chēng wèi “chán tóu” . duì yú qīng lóu gē jì, bīn kè yě wǎng wǎng cì jǐn, huò yǐ cái wù dài tì. hòu bǎ sòng gěi gē jì huò jì nǚ zhī cái wù chēng wèi “chán tóu” . táng． bái jū yì 〈pí pá xíng〉: “wǔ líng nián shǎo zhēng chán tóu, yī qū hóng xiāo bù zhī shù.” sòng． lù yóu 〈méi huā jué jù〉 yī○shǒu zhī sì: “zhuó jǐn jiāng biān yì jiù yóu, chán tóu bǎi wàn zuì qīng lóu.”
2. huí rén yǐ bái bù chán tóu, chēng wèi “chán tóu huí zi” . yě chēng wèi “chán huí” .

chan tou:1. gu shi wu zhe yong cai jin chan tou, dang bin ke yan ji, shang wu wan bi, chang zeng luo jin gei wu zhe wei cai, cheng wei "chan tou" . dui yu qing lou ge ji, bin ke ye wang wang ci jin, huo yi cai wu dai ti. hou ba song gei ge ji huo ji nu zhi cai wu cheng wei "chan tou" . tang. bai ju yi : "wu ling nian shao zheng chan tou, yi qu hong xiao bu zhi shu." song. lu you yi○shou zhi si: "zhuo jin jiang bian yi jiu you, chan tou bai wan zui qing lou."
2. hui ren yi bai bu chan tou, cheng wei "chan tou hui zi" . ye cheng wei "chan hui" .

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剷頭 [chǎn tóu] [chan tou]—
Incompetent and useless. From "A Brief History of Civilization," Chapter 59: "Shi (施 [shi]) and Zhu (朱 [zhu]) both said, 'We lost money and suffered hardship; this is truly unjust!' Zou Shaoyan (鄒紹衍 [zou shao yan]) said, 'Who told you to play your cards so shantou (, meaning poorly)?'" Also written as "chantou (鏟頭 [chan tou])."

chǎn tóu: néng lì chà,, bù zhōng yòng. < wén míng xiǎo shǐ> dì wǔ jiǔ huí: “shī,, zhū èr rén qí shuō: ‘wǒ men shū le qián, yòu shòu le lèi, zhè cái yuān wǎng lī! ’ zōu shào yǎn dào: ‘shuí jiào nǐ men de pái dǎ dé zhè yàng chǎn tóu.’ ” yě zuò “chǎn tóu” .

chan tou: neng li cha,, bu zhong yong. < wen ming xiao shi> di wu jiu hui: "shi,, zhu er ren qi shuo: 'wo men shu le qian, you shou le lei, zhe cai yuan wang li! ' zou shao yan dao: 'shui jiao ni men de pai da de zhe yang chan tou.' " ye zuo "chan tou" .