| 1 | 头 | 頭 | tou | tou5 | suffix for nouns | | |
| 2 | 石头 | 石頭 | shí tou | shi2 tou5 | stone; Classifiers: 块 | | |
| 3 | 舌头 | 舌頭 | shé tou | she2 tou5 | tongue; Classifiers: 个 ; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | | |
| 4 | 拳头 | 拳頭 | quán tou | quan2 tou5 | fist; clenched fist; Classifiers: 个 ; competitive (product) | | |
| 5 | 念头 | 念頭 | niàn tou | nian4 tou5 | thought; idea; intention | | |
| 6 | 木头 | 木頭 | mù tou | mu4 tou5 | slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc); Classifiers: 块 | | |
| 7 | 骨头 | 骨頭 | gǔ tou | gu3 tou5 | bone; Classifiers: 根 ; moral character; bitterness | | |
| 8 | 馒头 | 饅頭 | mán tou | man2 tou5 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 9 | 枕头 | 枕頭 | zhěn tou | zhen3 tou5 | pillow | | |
| 10 | 里头 | 裡頭 | lǐ tou | li3 tou5 | inside; interior | | |
| 11 | 前头 | 前頭 | qián tou | qian2 tou5 | in front; at the head; ahead; above | | |
| 12 | 指头 | 指頭 | zhǐ tou | zhi3 tou5 | finger; toe; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 13 | 丫头 | 丫頭 | yā tou | ya1 tou5 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | | |
| 14 | 罐头 | 罐頭 | guàn tou | guan4 tou5 | tin; can; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 15 | 锄头 | 鋤頭 | chú tou | chu2 tou5 | hoe; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 16 | 后头 | 後頭 | hòu tou | hou4 tou5 | behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future | | |
| 17 | 砖头 | 磚頭 | zhuān tou | zhuan1 tou5 | brick | | |
| 18 | 上头 | 上頭 | shàng tou | shang4 tou5 | above; on top of; on the surface of | | |
| 19 | 吃人血馒头 | 吃人血饅頭 | chī rén xuè mán tou | chi1 ren2 xue4 man2 tou5 | to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 鸡蛋碰石头 | 雞蛋碰石頭 | jī dàn pèng shí tou | ji1 dan4 peng4 shi2 tou5 | lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom); fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself; to overrate one's abilities | | |
| 21 | 攥拳头 | 攥拳頭 | zuàn quán tou | zuan4 quan2 tou5 | to clench one's fists | | |
| 22 | 有搞头 | 有搞頭 | yǒu gǎo tou | you3 gao3 tou5 | (coll.) worthwhile; likely to be fruitful | | |
| 23 | 没搞头 | 沒搞頭 | méi gǎo tou | mei2 gao3 tou5 | (coll.) not worth bothering with; pointless | | |
| 24 | 吃尽苦头 | 吃盡苦頭 | chī jìn kǔ tou | chi1 jin4 ku3 tou5 | to suffer many privations (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 奔头 | 奔頭 | bèn tou | ben4 tou5 | sth to strive for; prospect | | |