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

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

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

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

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

hair (on the head)

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

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

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

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

head of an institute etc

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

director / head / CL: 個｜个

in front / at the head / ahead / above

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

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

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 bow the head / to yield / to give in

to shake one's head

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

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

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

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

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

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

(slang) to take on / to challenge / to go head to head / showdown / comparison

head

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

to be ill / (coll.) to be not right in the head

head of a committee

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

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

lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue

to lead / to command / to head

large meatball ("lion's head")

master of the house; head of the family

to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye

from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)

(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)

department head / section chief

to bump one's head / to kowtow with head-banging on the ground

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

brains / mind / head / way of thinking

lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability

president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)

all over / from head to foot

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)

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

when things come to a head (idiom)

to tilt one's head back to see (sth) / to look up at

clear-headed / sober / awake

head / chief

to turn one's head / to turn around

head of state

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

(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)

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

head of nail

immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure

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)

obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed

direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for

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

temple (on the sides of human head)

summit talks / discussion between heads of state

Franco (name) / Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), Spanish dictator and head of state 1939-1975

directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind)

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

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

top of the head

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

to raise one's head

to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head

head of a turtle / glans penis

frequency with which people turn their heads to look; degree of attracting attention / percentage of repeat customers (catering, hospitality etc)

the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth

striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut

directly; head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face

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

to howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head

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

brain / mind / head / essence

head

(military) to clear landmines / (fig.) (slang) to give people a heads-up; to warn others about bad experiences

a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down

well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host

the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world

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

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

head of state

head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain

head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)

lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖｜钻牛角尖

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

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

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

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss

to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen