| 头冠 | tóu guān | a crown; top of the head |
| 头功 | tóu gōng | first class merit |
| 头半天 | tóu bàn tiān | morning; first half of the day |
| 头半天儿 | tóu bàn tiānr | erhua variant of 头半天, morning; first half of the day |
| 头名 | tóu míng | first place; leader (of a race) |
| 头向前 | tóu xiàng qián | headlong |
| 头回 | tóu huí | for the first time; on the previous occasion; last time (something occurred) |
| 头城 | Tóu chéng | Toucheng town in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 头城镇 | Tóu chéng zhèn | Toucheng town in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 头孢拉定 | tóu bāo lā dìng | cefradine, cephradine (pharm.) |
| 头孢菌 | tóu bāo jūn | cephalosporin (pharmacology); cephalothin |
| 头孢菌素 | tóu bāo jūn sù | cephalosporin (pharmacology); cephalothin |
| 头屋 | Tóu wū | Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 头屋乡 | Tóu wū xiāng | Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 头屯河 | Tóu tún hé | Toutunhe district (Uighur: Tudungxaba Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 头屯河区 | Tóu tún hé qū | Toutunhe district (Uighur: Tudungxaba Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 头座 | tóu zuò | headstock; turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc |
头悬梁，
锥刺股 | tóu xuán liáng ,
zhuī cì gǔ | lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom); fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly |
| 头挡 | tóu dǎng | first gear |
| 头文字 | tóu wén zì | initial; first letter of word (in Latin script) |
| 头昏 | tóu hūn | dizzy; giddy; one's head spins |
| 头昏目晕 | tóu hūn mù yūn | (idiom) dizzy and faint; to faint and see stars |
| 头昏目眩 | tóu hūn mù xuàn | (idiom) to faint and see stars |
| 头昏眼晕 | tóu hūn yǎn yūn | head spinning and blurred vision; giddy; in a faint |
| 头昏眼暗 | tóu hūn yǎn àn | head spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy; fainting; vertigo |
| 头昏眼花 | tóu hūn yǎn huā | to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed |
| 头昏脑闷 | tóu hūn nǎo mèn | fainting and giddy; one's head spins |
| 头昏脑眩 | tóu hūn nǎo xuàn | dizzying; it makes one's head spin |
| 头昏脑胀 | tóu hūn nǎo zhàng | giddy; one's head spins |
| 头晕眼花 | tóu yūn yǎn huā | to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed |
| 头晕脑胀 | tóu yūn nǎo zhàng | dizzy and light-headed |
| 头朝下 | tóu cháo xià | head down; upside-down |
| 头条 | tóu tiáo | lead story (on the news) |
| 头条新闻 | tóu tiáo xīn wén | headline |
| 头牌 | tóu pái | tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role |
| 头奖 | tóu jiǎng | first prize |
| 头疼 | tóu téng | headache |
| 头皮屑 | tóu pí xiè | dandruff |
| 头盔 | tóu kuī | helmet |
| 头破血流 | tóu pò xuè liú | lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised |
| 头等舱 | tóu děng cāng | Business class or first class seat on airplane or ship |
| 头箍 | tóu gū | headband |
| 头箍儿 | tóu gūr | band used by Manchu women to gather up the hair |
| 头纱 | tóu shā | wedding veil; gauze headscarf or veil |
| 头索类 | tóu suǒ lèi | lancelet (Branchiostoma) |
| 头绳 | tóu shéng | string to tie hair |
| 头罩 | tóu zhào | hairnet; hood; cowl |
| 头胀 | tóu zhàng | distention in the head (in traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 头脑清楚 | tóu nǎo qīng chu | lucid; clear-headed; sensible |
| 头脑发胀 | tóu nǎo fā zhàng | swollen headed; conceited |
