| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director / head / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 脑袋 | nǎo dài | head / skull / brains / mental capability / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] | |
| 率领 | shuài lǐng | to lead / to command / to head | |
| 总监 | zǒng jiān | head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | |
| 头部 | tóu bù | head | |
| 为首 | wéi shǒu | head / be headed by | |
| 首领 | shǒu lǐng | head / boss / chief | |
| 脑筋 | nǎo jīn | brains / mind / head / way of thinking | |
| 人头 | rén tóu | person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) | |
| 首脑 | shǒu nǎo | head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader | |
| 头颅 | tóu lú | head / skull | |
| 头头 | tóu tóu | head / chief | |
| 家长 | jiā zhǎng | head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child | |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for | |
| 一身 | yī shēn | whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes | |
| 回头 | huí tóu | to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by | |
| 摇头 | yáo tóu | to shake one's head | |
| 抬头 | tái tóu | to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc | |
| 部长 | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | |
| 一头 | yī tóu | one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously | |
| 浑身 | hún shēn | all over / from head to foot | |
| 总局 | zǒng jú | head office / general office / central office | |
| 低头 | dī tóu | to bow the head / to yield / to give in | |
| 院长 | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / president of a university / department head / dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 总公司 | zǒng gōng sī | parent company / head office | |
| 副主任 | fù zhǔ rèn | deputy director / assistant head | |
| 头顶 | tóu dǐng | top of the head | |
| 转头 | zhuǎn tóu | to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent | |
| 首饰 | shǒu shì | jewelry / head ornament | |
| 团长 | tuán zhǎng | regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator | |
| 过头 | guò tóu | to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead | |
| 所长 | suǒ zhǎng | head of an institute etc | |
| 处长 | chù zhǎng | department head / section chief | |
| 扬起 | yáng qǐ | to raise one's head / to perk up | |
| 本部 | běn bù | headquarters / head office | |
| 金星 | jīn xīng | gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) | |
| 猪头 | zhū tóu | pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk | |
| 蒋介石 | Jiǎng Jiè shí | Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 | |
| 正视 | zhèng shì | to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to | |
| 扭头 | niǔ tóu | to turn one's head / to turn around | |
| 村长 | cūn zhǎng | village chief / village head | |
| 光头 | guāng tóu | shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless | |
| 狂笑 | kuáng xiào | to howl with laughter / to laugh one's head off | |
| 探头 | tàn tóu | to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit | |
| 脑后 | nǎo hòu | the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind | |
| 热恋 | rè liàn | to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love | |
| 上头 | shàng tóu | (of alcohol) to go to one's head / (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun / (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 县长 | xiàn zhǎng | county's head commissioner | |
| 埋头 | mái tóu | to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) | |
| 掉头 | diào tóu | to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about | |
| 前头 | qián tou | in front / at the head / ahead / above | |
| 元首 | yuán shǒu | head of state | |
| 仰头 | yǎng tóu | to raise one's head | |
| 厅长 | tīng zhǎng | head of provincial PRC government department | |
| 委员长 | wěi yuán zhǎng | head of a committee | |
| 头昏 | tóu hūn | dizzy / giddy / one's head spins | |
| 眩晕 | xuàn yùn | vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] | |
| 眩晕 | xuàn yùn | vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1] | |
| 颔首 | hàn shǒu | to nod one's head | |
| 头大 | tóu dà | to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming | |
| 国家主席 | guó jiā zhǔ xí | president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) | |
| 惊慌失措 | jīng huāng shī cuò | to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) | |
| 龟头 | guī tóu | head of a turtle / glans penis | |
| 垂头丧气 | chuí tóu sàng qì | hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen | |
| 牛头 | niú tóu | ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel | |
| 头巾 | tóu jīn | cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban | |
| 白头 | bái tóu | hoary head / old age | |
| 头领 | tóu lǐng | head person / leader | |
| 宗主 | zōng zhǔ | head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain | |
| 鱼头 | yú tóu | fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise | |
| 知县 | zhī xiàn | county head magistrate (old) | |
| 昂首 | áng shǒu | head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) | |
| 一针见血 | yī zhēn jiàn xiě | lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head | |
| 马头 | mǎ tóu | horse's head / same as 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou2], pier | |
| 甩头 | shuǎi tóu | to fling back one's head | |
| 俯首 | fǔ shǒu | to bend one's head | |
| 翘首 | qiáo shǒu | to raise one's head and look | |
| 头饰 | tóu shì | head ornament | |
| 后脑勺 | hòu nǎo sháo | back of the head | |
| 领班 | lǐng bān | supervisor / foreman / head waiter or waitress | |
| 楼梯口 | lóu tī kǒu | head of a flight of stairs | |
| 财长 | cái zhǎng | treasurer / head of finances / minister of finance | |
| 翻天覆地 | fān tiān fù dì | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head | |
| 天翻地覆 | tiān fān dì fù | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head | |
| 倒转 | dào zhuǎn | to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head | |
| 后脑 | hòu nǎo | hindbrain / back of the head | |
| 秃头 | tū tóu | to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person | |
| 磁头 | cí tóu | magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc) | |
| 焦头烂额 | jiāo tóu làn é | lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) | |
| 抱头 | bào tóu | to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection) | |
| 佛光 | Fó guāng | Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha) | |
| 首尾 | shǒu wěi | head and tail | |
| 空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) | |
| 倒立 | dào lì | a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down | |
| 头破血流 | tóu pò xuè liú | lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised | |
| 首级 | shǒu jí | severed head | |
| 户主 | hù zhǔ | head of the household | |
| 秃顶 | tū dǐng | bald head | |
| 天旋地转 | tiān xuán dì zhuàn | the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world | |
| 住持 | zhù chí | to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk | |
