# 带头 (dàitóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 带头 (dàitóu) means “to take the lead; to be first”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take the lead; to be first
- Pinyin: dàitóu (dai4 tou2)
- Traditional: 帶頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 经理带头加班完成任务。
  Jīnglǐ dàitóu jiābān wánchéng rènwu.
  The manager took the lead in working overtime.

## Characters

- [带](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-bring/) (dài): to bring; to take along
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/dai-tou-take-lead/

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