bǔ​tóu

head constable

  • created reference approved 捕头/捕頭 → 个/個 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捕头 / 捕頭 bǔ​tóu

    个 / 個 gè

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 捕头/捕頭 · bǔ​tóu · head constable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捕头 / 捕頭

    bǔ​tóu

    head constable

    Chief of the bailiffs or constables in ancient China.

    捕 (bound) → 捕 · bǔ · policeman 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · leader

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense