认头

認頭

rèntóu

verb

Meanings

Zhè cì shū le jiù rèntóu ba, xià cì zài lái.

If we lost this time, just accept it — we'll try again next time.

Tā cónglái bù kěn rèntóu, zǒng yào zài zhēng yí cì.

He's never willing to admit defeat — he always wants one more round.

Colloquial, slightly Northern flavor. Often appears in negative form: 不认头 = 'refuse to give up / refuse to take this loss lying down'.

memory

认 (to acknowledge) + 头 (here functioning as a colloquial noun-suffix similar to 'taking the L on the chin').

认 rèn

头 tóu