to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個｜个

the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個｜个

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child

hair (on the head)

sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴｜太阳穴)

director / head / CL: 個｜个

head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名

head of an institute etc

head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

calm; cool-headed; dispassionate / (of a place) deserted; quiet

clear-headed / sober / awake

in front / at the head / ahead / above

head / skull / brains / mental capability / CL: 顆｜颗, 個｜个

regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator

to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc

to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by

to get panicky; to lose one's head / (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly

to lead / to command / to head

to shake one's head

whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes

muddle-headed / twilight / to faint / to lose consciousness

head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration

to bow the head / to yield / to give in

department head / section chief

head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader

to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)

jewelry / head ornament

to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead

top of the head

all over / from head to foot

to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

head of state

one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously

head

low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)

brains / mind / head / way of thinking

to turn one's head / to turn around

to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to

to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)

hot-headed; impulsive; reckless

hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected / crestfallen

to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about

to bend one's head

to go to / to head for / towards / Taiwan pr. [ben1]

state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)

short-headed pig

(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state

to nod one's head

to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk

lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another

horse's head / same as 碼頭｜码头, pier

the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man

tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門｜衙门 during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)

temple (on the sides of human head)

(bird species of China) orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)

kerchief covering head (arch.)

executive chef / head chef

(bird species of China) black-headed bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)

from head to foot

lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

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)

scabies / scald-head

(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)

to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account / half-truths

(automotive) head unit; infotainment system

to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary

large meatball ("lion's head")

head of a (university) department; department chair

head

to look squarely at / to look straight ahead / (instrumentation) heads-up (display)

Keller or Köhler (name) / Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010

parent company / head office

to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive

head of a turtle / glans penis

(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)

Buddha's teachings / aura (around the head of Buddha)

head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef

flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2]

shaven head / bald head / to go bareheaded / hatless

muddle-headed

swelling of the head (physical condition) / fig. swellheaded / conceited

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書｜汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.

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)

actor's headgear / wig / head covering

(bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])

to turn one's head / to change direction / U-turn / volte face / to repent

big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱｜袁世凯 on the obverse side

state visitor / visiting head of state

village chief; village head

cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban