頭: head

頭 [头] tóu

noun | measure word
: head; hair style
: the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant
: chief; boss
: side; aspect
: first; leading
: measure word for pigs or livestock
: suffix used to form nouns and noun-phrases

頭 | あたま atama OR かしら kashira

noun
: head
: mind; brain; intellect
: top
: hair (on one’s head)

頭 | どたま dotama

noun | derogatory
: head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

頭 | がしら gashira

suffix
: (after a noun) top of…; head of…
: (after the -masu stem of a verb) the moment that…

頭 | つむ tsumu OR かぶり kaburi OR こうべ koube OR つぶり tsuburi

noun
: head

頭 | つむり tsumuri

noun
: head
: bangs; fringe

頭髮[头发] tou2fa: hair (on the head) [髪 | かみ kami]

頭腦[头脑] tou2nao3: brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
[頭脳 | ずのう zunou: head; brains; intellect]

頭[头]痛 tou2tong4: to have a headache [ずつう zutsuu]

偏頭痛 pian1 tou2 tong4: migraine
[へんとうつう hentoutsuu OR へんずつう henzutsuu]  
頭暈[头晕] tou2yun1: dizzy

頭[头]子 tou2zi: boss; gang leader

頭[头]目 tou2mu4: ringleader; gang leader; chieftain
[とうもく toumoku: chief; head; leader]

頭[头]彩 tou2cai3: first prize in a lottery

頭獎[头奖] tou2jiang3: first prize

丫頭[头] ya1tou2: girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)

木頭[头] mu4tou2: slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc)

舌頭[头] she2tou2: tongue

大舌頭[头] da4 she2tou2: (coll.) lisp; one who lisps

枕頭[头] zhen3tou2: pillow [ちんとう chintou: bedside]

心頭肉 xin1 tou2 rou4: favorite

鐘頭[钟头] zhong1tou2: hour

碼頭[码头] ma3tou2: dock; pier; wharf
[マートー ma-to-: wharft; dock OR ふ頭 | ふとう futou: pier; wharf; quay]

回頭[头] hui2tou2: to turn round; to turn one’s head; later; by and by

眉頭[头] mei2tou2: brows
[まゆがしら mayugashira: the part of the eyebrows near the middle forehead; inner ends of one’s eyebrows]

座頭鯨 [座头鲸] zuo4 tou2 jing1: humpback whale
[ざとうくじら zatoukujira]

貓頭鷹 [猫头鹰] mao1 tou2 ying1: owl

Japanese expression
八頭身 | はっとうしん hattou shin
: beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)

頭のいい | あたまのいい atama no ii OR 頭がいい | あたまがいい atama ga ii
: bright; intelligent

頭の鈍い | あたまのにぶい atama no nibui
: dim-witted; airheaded; bird-brained; dim; dullard; blockheaded

頭が悪い | あたまがわるい atama ga warui
: slow; weak-headed; dumb

頭の高い | あたまのたかい atama no takai
: haughty

頭を悩ます | あたまをなやます atama o nayamasu
: to rack one’s brains

頭が痛い | あたまがいたい atama ga itai
: having a headache; racking one’s brains

毛頭ない | もうとうない moutounai
: having no intention

正直の頭に神宿る | しょうじきのこうべにかみやどる shoujiki no koube ni kami yadoru
: Honesty is the best policy. Honesty pays

船頭多くして船山に上る | せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる sendouo okushite fune yama ni noboru
: too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain

Chinese expression | idiom
無厘頭 [无厘头] wu2 li2 tou2
: silly talk or “mo lei tau” (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century

事到臨頭 [事到临头] shi4 dao4 lin2 tou2
: things come to a head

死到臨頭 [死到临头] si3 dao4 lin2 tou2
: Death is near at hand

有頭無尾 [有头无尾] you3 tou2 wu2 wei3
: to start but not finish; to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span

戴綠頭巾 [戴绿头巾] dai4 lü4 tou2 jin1
: lit. to wear green headband (to visit a Yuan dynasty brothel); cuckold

拋頭露面 [抛头露面] pao1 tou2 lou4 mian4
: to show your face in public (derog.)

狗血淋頭 gou3 xue4 lin2 tou2
: lit. to pour dogs blood on; to curse or berate sb

萬事起頭難 [万事起头难] wan4 shi4 qi3 tou2 nan2
: the first step is the hardest

掛羊頭賣狗肉 [挂羊头卖狗肉] gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4
: lit. to hang a sheep’s head while selling dog meat; fig. to cheat; dishonest advertising; wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue

好奇會吃苦頭的 hao4 qi2 hui4 chi1 ku3 tou2 de5
: Curiosity killed the cat

好馬不吃回頭草 hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3
: lit. a good horse doesn’t come back to the same pasture; fig. one should not go back to one’s past experiences (of love, job etc)

車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 [车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直] che1 dao4 shan1 qian2 bi4 you3 lu4 , chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2
When we get to the mountain, there’ll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will straighten with the current; fig. Everything will turn out for the best. Let’s worry about it when it happens.

色字頭上一把刀 se4 zi4 tou2 shang4 yi1 ba3 dao1
: lit. there is a knife above the character for lust; fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences