Hey,guys,how do you translate "光头" into English?

[gabbyxu]

Hey,guys,how do you translate "光头" in English?

Is it light head?

[Flying Pigeon]

It means bald, as in no hair on the head.

[歐博思]

baldy would be good since it is a little disrespectful (like my Perapera dictionary says 光头 is too?)

ex: Hey you guys look at baldy over there!

[Kenny同志]

How would you say 我想理個光頭 in English?

[roddy]

You'd say you were going to shave your head / have your head shaved, something like that, I think.

Slaphead!

[歐博思]

Do you mean for cutting hair so it's bald?

I want a buzz cut

or

I want it cut bald

[roddy]

A buzz cut isn't bald though, is it? You've still got some fuzz.

[Kenny同志]

Interesting. Thanks!

[歐博思]

Oh, indeed Roddy, my mistake~

[yialanliu]

Just wanted to clarify that there isn't a negative connotation with the chinese version whereas baldy isn't tone neutral.

[gabbyxu]

A friend told me,he is studying Mandarin Chinese too,he translates 光头 into English as "shining head"

[shinewind]

@11:

"shining head" is a brilliant translation.

You know what? the first word hitting me is BULB...

[imron]

"shining head" is a brilliant translation.

I think #11's friend was either a) joking or b) didn't understand the Mandarin.

For an idiomatic, slangy translation, 'cueball' would probably work better than anything related to lights, shining and/or bulbs (which no native speaker would ever really use).

[anonymoose]

What about chrome-dome?

[imron]

That works well too.

[anonymoose]

Never mind the buzz cut. Give it a few more years and the only option left for me will be a wax and polish.