<p>To extend the answer from @r13:</p>
<p>These two following '头' refer to 'a person's head':
搞(弄)得头都大了 - something causes my head swollen(meaning you are headache).
搞(弄)得头都暈了 - something causes my head dizziness/confusion.</p>
<p>In last case, 头 is not 'head':
There are several dialects call '小时-hour(Mandarin)' as '钟头' or '中午-noon' as '中午头', but they will be commonly understood by most of Chinese. I'm not sure 'hour' or 'noon' which one exactly referring to, just remember it's related to time.
So, 睡过头 - means 'sleep pass the hour' or 'sleep pass the noon', oversleep</p>

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Thanks a lot for your explanation!
user25207
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@DrewYang are you saying  睡过头 is derived from something like 睡过钟头? That's interesting.
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<p>There are two things happening here. In your example, 可是这个密码那个密码，搞得头都大了, the second half should be parsed as: (搞得)+(头都大了).</p>
<p>It's the same for 弄; see the examples in r13's answer.</p>
<p>Basically, 搞得头 and 弄得头 are not a single grammatical entity.</p>
<p>&quot;头都大了&quot; is an interesting phrase that's worth looking at. I find it a bit hard to translate, my best attempt is &quot;already has a headache&quot;. As far as I understand (I may be wrong), it is derived from a) &quot;头大&quot; which is a dialectal word (方言) according to dictionaries; and b) the structure &quot; 都 + predicate + 了 = 已经 + predicate = already + predicate&quot;.</p>
<p>&quot;头都暈了&quot;, mentioned in other answers, follows the same pattern. (&quot;already dizzy&quot;)</p>
<p>The second case is 睡过头 which is a fixed expression that is in dictionaries and means to oversleep.</p>

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Thanks, in this case if 头大 means headache what for 都 is in middle of 头都大？
user25207
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Good question! With the 了, here the 都 means "already", it's another structure: 都 +predicate+了 = 已经 + predicate = already + predicate . (Disclaimer, I'm not an expert, I may be mistaken. )  I think I'll edit my answer tomorrow, I now think it should be parsed as (搞得)+(头都大了).
goPlayerJuggler
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thank you for your comment!
user25207
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goPlayerJuggler
<p>搞(弄)得头都大了 - something causes headache.</p>
<p>搞(弄)得头都暈了 - something causes dizziness/confusion.</p>
<p>睡过头 - overslept</p>

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<p>What does 头 in 搞得头 / 弄得头 / 睡过头</p>
<p>For example in this sentence:
可是这个密码那个密码，搞得头都大了。</p>
<p>“头” 是 head的意思？
“头” 字是个结果补语还是名词？</p>

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頭大, big head, means headache.
joehua
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Top, as in "over the top"
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搞得头 ，弄得头 ，睡过头 what does mean 头 in these three examples?
# 搞得头 ，弄得头 ，睡过头 what does mean 头 in these three examples?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-14)

What does 头 in 搞得头 / 弄得头 / 睡过头

For example in this sentence:
可是这个密码那个密码，搞得头都大了。

“头” 是 head的意思？
“头” 字是个结果补语还是名词？

**Tags:** translation, grammar, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 頭大, big head, means headache.  
> **username_2**: Top, as in "over the top"  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-10-14. Score: 3

To extend the answer from @username_5:

These two following '头' refer to 'a person's head':
搞(弄)得头都大了 - something causes my head swollen(meaning you are headache).
搞(弄)得头都暈了 - something causes my head dizziness/confusion.

In last case, 头 is not 'head':
There are several dialects call '小时-hour(Mandarin)' as '钟头' or '中午-noon' as '中午头', but they will be commonly understood by most of Chinese. I'm not sure 'hour' or 'noon' which one exactly referring to, just remember it's related to time.
So, 睡过头 - means 'sleep pass the hour' or 'sleep pass the noon', oversleep

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a lot for your explanation!  
> **username_4**: @DrewYang are you saying  睡过头 is derived from something like 睡过钟头? That's interesting.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-10-14. Score: 2

There are two things happening here. In your example, 可是这个密码那个密码，搞得头都大了, the second half should be parsed as: (搞得)+(头都大了).

It's the same for 弄; see the examples in username_5's answer.

Basically, 搞得头 and 弄得头 are not a single grammatical entity.

"头都大了" is an interesting phrase that's worth looking at. I find it a bit hard to translate, my best attempt is "already has a headache". As far as I understand (I may be wrong), it is derived from a) "头大" which is a dialectal word (方言) according to dictionaries; and b) the structure " 都 + predicate + 了 = 已经 + predicate = already + predicate".

"头都暈了", mentioned in other answers, follows the same pattern. ("already dizzy")

The second case is 睡过头 which is a fixed expression that is in dictionaries and means to oversleep.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, in this case if 头大 means headache what for 都 is in middle of 头都大？  
> **username_4**: Good question! With the 了, here the 都 means "already", it's another structure: 都 +predicate+了 = 已经 + predicate = already + predicate . (Disclaimer, I'm not an expert, I may be mistaken. )  I think I'll edit my answer tomorrow, I now think it should be parsed as (搞得)+(头都大了).  
> **username_0**: thank you for your comment!  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-10-14. Score: 2

搞(弄)得头都大了 - something causes headache.

搞(弄)得头都暈了 - something causes dizziness/confusion.

睡过头 - overslept


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