| 头顶 | tóu dǐng | top of the head |
| 馒头 | mán tou | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread; CL:个 |
| 出头 | chū tóu | to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division |
| 喉头 | hóu tóu | throat; larynx |
| 头等 | tóu děng | first class |
| 前头 | qián tou | in front; at the head; ahead; above |
| 包头 | bāo tóu | turban; headband; Baotou prefecture level city in inner Mongolia |
| 上头 | shàng tou | above; on top of; on the surface of |
| 后头 | hòu tou | behind; in the back; the rear side; later; in future |
| 头骨 | tóu gǔ | skull |
| 分头 | fēn tóu | separately; severally |
| 火车头 | huǒ chē tóu | train engine; locomotive |
| 外头 | wài tou | outside; out |
| 枕头 | zhěn tou | pillow |
| 人头 | rén tóu | number of people; (per) capita |
| 多头 | duō tóu | many-headed; many-layered (authority); devolved (as opposed to centralized); pluralistic; (as classifier) number of animals; long term (finance); long (investment) |
| 领头 | lǐng tóu | to take the lead; to be first to start |
| 砖头 | zhuān tou | a brick |
| 对头 | duì tóu | correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right |
| 对头 | duì tou | (longstanding) opponent; enemy; inimical; adversary; opponent |
| 尽头 | jìn tóu | the very end |
| 桥头 | qiáo tóu | either end of a bridge; a bridgehead; Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Taiwan |
| 磕头 | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) |
| 头像 | tóu xiàng | portrait; bust |
| 额头 | é tóu | forehead |
| 彻头彻尾 | chè tóu chè wěi | lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing; through and through; out and out; from top to bottom |
| 头痛 | tóu tòng | headache |
| 巨头 | jù tóu | tycoon; magnate; big player (including company, country, school etc); big shot |
| 斧头 | fǔ tóu | ax; hatchet; CL:柄 |
| 龙头 | lóng tóu | faucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龙船 |
| 床头 | chuáng tóu | bedhead; bedside; headboard |
| 手头 | shǒu tóu | in hand (e.g. cash) |
| 头里 | tóu lǐ | in front; in advance of the field |
| 头颅 | tóu lú | head; skull |
| 探头 | tàn tóu | to extend one's head (out or into); a probe; detector; search unit |
| 杀头 | shā tóu | to behead |
| 苦头 | kǔ tou | sufferings |
| 话头 | huà tóu | subject (under discussion); thread (of an argument) |
| 喷头 | pēn tóu | nozzle; spray-head |
| 垂头丧气 | chuí tóu sàng qì | hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen |
| 工头 | gōng tóu | foreman |
| 头寸 | tóu cùn | money market |
| 头绪 | tóu xù | outline; main threads |
| 户头 | hù tóu | bank account; CL:个 |
| 梳头 | shū tóu | to comb |
| 马头 | mǎ tóu | horse's head; same as 码头, pier |
| 派头 | pài tóu | manner; style; panache |
| 埋头苦干 | mái tóu kǔ gàn | to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work |
| 榔头 | láng tou | hammer; large hammer; sledgehammer |
| 乳头 | rǔ tóu | nipple |
