| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:个 |
| 头 | tou | suff. for nouns |
| 头脑 | tóu nǎo | brains; mind |
| 头发 | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 头部 | tóu bù | head |
| 头子 | tóu zi | boss; gang leader |
| 头目 | tóu mù | ringleader; gang leader; chieftain |
| 头顶 | tóu dǐng | top of the head |
| 头等 | tóu děng | first class |
| 头骨 | tóu gǔ | skull |
| 头像 | tóu xiàng | portrait; bust |
| 头痛 | tóu tòng | headache |
| 头里 | tóu lǐ | in front; in advance of the field |
| 头颅 | tóu lú | head; skull |
| 头寸 | tóu cùn | money market |
| 头绪 | tóu xù | outline; main threads |
| 头皮 | tóu pí | scalp |
| 头巾 | tóu jīn | head-covering (for men in ancient clothes); kerchief; scarf; turban |
| 头晕 | tóu yūn | dizzy |
| 头衔 | tóu xián | title; rank; appellation |
| 头号 | tóu hào | first rate; top rank; number one |
| 头版 | tóu bǎn | (newspaper's) front page |
| 头面人物 | tóu miàn rén wù | leading figure; bigwig |
| 头头是道 | tóu tóu shì dào | clear and logical |
| 头一回 | tóu yī huí | the first time; for the first time |
| 头上 | tóu shàng | overhead; above |
| 头份 | Tóu fèn | Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 头份镇 | Tóu fèn zhèn | Toufen town in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 头伏 | tóu fú | first of three 10 day periods of hot season |
| 头儿 | tóur | leader |
| 头儿脑儿 | tóur nǎor | leading figure; bigwig; lion; nabob; pooh-bah |
| 头兜 | tóu dōu | helmet; chain mail hung from head to protect neck |
| 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 |
