| 頭 |
| 1. (anatomy) head | |
| 我 頭 不再 痛 了。 (Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le.) - My head doesn't hurt any more. | |
| 2. hair; hairstyle | |
| 洗頭 (xǐtóu) - to wash one's hair | |
| 把 頭 剃 光 (bǎ tóu tì guāng) - to shave one's head | |
| 3. beginning or end | |
| 從 頭 開始 (cóng tóu kāishǐ) - to start from the beginning | |
| 4. top; tip; end | |
| 山頭 - shāntóu - top of a mountain | |
| 火柴 頭 - huǒchái tóu - tip of a match | |
| 5. chief; boss; leader (person that leads or directs) | |
| 工頭 - gōngtóu - foreman | |
| 你們 的 頭兒r 是 誰？ (Nǐmen de tóur shì shéi?) - Who is your leader? | |
| 6. remnant; end | |
| 布頭兒r - bùtóur - oddment | |
| 煙頭 - yāntóu - cigarette bud | |
| 7. first; leading | |
| 頭獎 - tóujiǎng - first prize; biggest prize | |
| 頭 班 車 - tóu bān chē - first departure | |
| 8. (used before a classifier or a numeral) first | |
| 頭 一 遍 - tóu yī biàn - the first time | |
| 頭 三 天 - tóu sān tiān - the first three days | |
| 頭 幾個 - tóu jǐge - the first few | |
| 9. (Hakka, Min Nan, dated in Mainland China) station | |
| 車頭 - chhia-thâu - train station, MN | |
| 10. side; aspect | |
| 11. (Teochew) at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 头 尋 头 呌 门外 来 (tao5 cim5 tao5 giê3 mung5 ghua7 lai5, ref=late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板一世報全歌) - While searching and shouting he went outdoors., MN-T | |
| 12. (Cantonese) plug; connector; Short for 插頭, tr=- | |
| type C 頭tau4-2 - type C tau4-2 - USB Type-C connector, C | |
| 我 有 兩 頭 豬。 (Wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū.) - I have two pigs. | |
| 13. (dialectal) | |
| 14. (Min Bei) | |
| 15. Suffix that forms nouns. | |
| 16. Added to a noun. | |
| 17. 罐頭tou (guàntou) - can; tin | |
| 18. 石頭tou (shítou) - rock | |
| 19. Added to a locative word. | |
| 20. 裡頭tou (lǐtou) - inside | |
| 21. 前頭tou (qiántou) - front | |
| 22. Added to a verb to form an abstract noun. | |
| 23. 念頭tou (niàntou) - thought; idea | |
| 24. Added to an adjective to form an abstract noun. | |
| 25. 甜頭tou (tiántou) - sweet taste; benefit | |
