# đầu meaning in Vietnamese: head (A2)

> đầu means “head” in Vietnamese. It can also mean start. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/dau-head/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**đầu**: head · start

Level: A2 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: dau

## 1. head (noun)

- Saigon: Đội nón lên đầu nha, nắng lắm. | Hà Nội: Đội mũ lên đầu nhé, nắng lắm. — Put your hat on, it's very sunny.
- Ông ấy lắc đầu. — He shook his head.

Level: A2

## 2. start (noun)

the beginning of, the start of, early in

It goes straight before the time or place, with no word for 'of': *đầu tháng*, the beginning of the month. The opposite is *cuối*.

- Đầu tháng sau em đi Đà Lạt. — I'm going to Đà Lạt at the beginning of next month.
- Saigon: Nhà chị ở đầu hẻm. | Hà Nội: Nhà chị ở đầu ngõ. — My house is at the start of the alley.

Level: A2

Grammar: [Beginning and end of: đầu / cuối + noun](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/dau-cuoi/)

## Opposite

- [cuối](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/cuoi-end/#s_cuoi_end): end

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