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Definition
An avatar, profile picture, or a portrait or bust of a person's head.
- a portrait, painting, or sculpture of a head
- an avatar or profile picture on digital platforms
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How it's used
While historically referring to a bust or a portrait of a person's head, this term is now almost exclusively used for digital profile pictures on messaging apps and social media. It is the standard way to refer to the small icon representing a user account. Using it to describe a physical sculpture or painting of a head would sound quite formal or academic.
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Your social media profile picture is so cute.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 相片, which refers to a photograph in general. If you want to talk about a profile picture specifically, always use 頭像.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
