个头儿

• 拼音: gè tóur
• 汉字拆解: 个 (measure word/individual); 头 = 豆 + 大 (head, top — stature); 儿 = erhua retroflexion marker (Beijing colloquial)

含义

Size; stature; physical build or height of a person or object.

A colloquial northern Chinese term (with Beijing erhua retroflexion). Used to comment on someone's height, build, or the physical size of an object. 个头儿不小 means 'quite big/tall.' Also used as a humorous sarcastic negation: 你个头儿！means 'No way!' or 'As if!' Common in everyday spoken Mandarin.

例句

1. 这孩子个头儿蹿得很快，上半年还没我高，现在已经超过我整整一头了。
2. 他个头儿虽然不高，但身手灵活，在球队里往往能出奇制胜。
3. 这颗大白菜的个头儿着实不小，足足有五六斤重，难怪售价比普通的贵了一倍。

用法指南

语境: everyday, colloquial, northern Chinese, physical description

语气: casual

正确说法

• 这小子个头儿比他爸还高了，才十五岁就快一米八了。(This kid is even taller than his dad now — at only fifteen he's nearly 1.8 metres.)
• 你买水果要挑个头儿均匀的，太大太小都不好卖相。(When buying fruit, choose ones that are uniformly sized — too big or too small doesn't look as good.)

错误说法

• 在正式场合评论某人个头儿太矮 — 个头儿 is casual; in formal contexts use 身高 (height) and avoid unsolicited commentary on people's physical size

起源与历史

个 (individual — measure word); 头 = 豆 + 大 (head/top — stature); 儿 = erhua suffix (Beijing dialect retroflexion)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal