| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
首, 元, 頭, 元首 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
頭, 頭部, 頭顱, 頭腦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦殼兒, 腦殼, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 老屋子 |
| Taiwan |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Chengde |
頭, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Ulanhot |
腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Tongliao |
腦袋 |
| Chifeng |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Heihe |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子 |
| Qiqihar |
頭, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒 |
| Harbin |
頭, 腦殼兒, 腦殼子, 腦子, 腦瓜兒, 腦瓜子, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Jiamusi |
頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Baicheng |
頭, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Changchun |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Tonghua |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Shenyang |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Jinzhou |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Singapore |
頭 |
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) |
腦袋 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒, 腦袋瓜子, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Tangshan |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒 |
| Cangzhou |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦殼兒 |
| Baoding |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Shijiazhuang |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Lijin |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Jinan |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 腦瓜子, 腦瓜兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Dalian |
頭 |
| Dandong |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Yantai |
頭 |
| Yantai (Muping) |
頭, 腦袋瓜子 derogatory |
| Qingdao |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Zhucheng |
頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
頭, 低腦 |
| Lingbao |
頭 |
| Jining |
頭 |
| Wanrong |
得腦 |
| Linfen |
得腦 |
| Shangqiu |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒 |
| Yuanyang |
頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒 |
| Zhengzhou |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Kaifeng |
腦袋 |
| Xinyang |
頭 |
| Baihe |
頭, 腦袋, 腦瓜兒 |
| Xi'an |
𦠿, 頭, 腦袋, 脊囊 |
| Baoji |
頭, 多腦 |
| Tianshui |
頭, 多腦 |
| Xining |
頭, 腦袋, 朵落 |
| Xuzhou |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子, 棗木 dated, humorous |
| Fuyang |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
頭 |
| Bayanhot |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Lanzhou |
頭, 頭蛋骨, 得勒 derogatory |
| Dunhuang |
頭, 腦瓜子, 腦勺, 腦勺殼子 |
| Hami |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Ürümqi |
頭, 腦瓜子 |
| Ürümqi (Xigou) |
頭 |
| Ürümqi (Changshanzi) |
頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
腦殼 |
| Nanchong |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Dazhou |
腦殼 |
| Hanyuan |
腦殼 |
| Xichang |
腦殼, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Zigong |
頭, 腦殼 |
| Chongqing |
腦殼, 沙罐兒 |
| Wuhan |
頭, 腦殼, 腦瓜子 |
| Yichang |
腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Xiangyang |
頭, 腦袋, 腦殼 |
| Tianmen |
頭, 腦袋, 腦殼 |
| Guiyang |
腦殼 |
| Zunyi |
腦袋, 腦殼兒 |
| Bijie |
腦殼 |
| Liping |
腦袋, 腦殼 |
| Zhaotong |
腦殼 |
| Dali |
腦殼 |
| Kunming |
頭, 腦殼, 腦袋 |
| Mengzi |
頭, 腦殼 |
| Guilin |
頭, 腦殼 |
| Liuzhou |
頭, 頭殼, 腦殼 |
| Tianlin (Langping) |
腦殼 |
| Jishou |
頭, 腦殼 |
| Changde |
腦殼 |
| Hanzhong |
頭, 腦袋, 腦殼 |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
頭, 頭兒 |
| Yangzhou |
頭 |
| Lianyungang |
頭 |
| Lianshui |
頭, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Xinghua |
頭 |
| Nantong |
頭 |
| Anqing |
頭, 腦袋瓜 |
| Wuhu |
頭 |
| Hefei |
頭 |
| Hong'an |
頭, 腦殼, 腦袋 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Hong Kong |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) |
頭殼 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) |
頭殼 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
頭 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
頭 |
| Macau |
頭 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
頭 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
頭 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Foshan |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
頭 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
頭 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
頭殼 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
頭 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
頭 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
頭 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
頭 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
頭 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
頭 |
| Taishan |
頭 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
頭 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
頭 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
頭 |
| Dongguan |
腦殼, 頭 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
頭殼 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
頭 |
| Qingyuan |
頭 |
| Fogang |
頭 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
頭殼 |
| Yangshan |
頭 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
頭 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) |
頭 |
| Shaoguan |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
頭 |
| Renhua |
頭乸殼 |
| Lechang |
頭 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
頭 |
| Sihui |
頭 |
| Guangning |
頭 |
| Deqing |
頭 |
| Huaiji |
頭, 羅殼 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
頭 |
| Yunfu |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Xinxing |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Luoding |
頭 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
頭 |
| Yangjiang |
頭殼 |
| Xinyi |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Maoming (Xinpo) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Lianjiang |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Wuchuan (Wuyang) |
頭 |
| Nanning |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Wuzhou |
頭 |
| Yulin |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
頭殼 |
| Hepu (Shatian) |
頭骨 |
| Guiping |
頭 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
頭 |
| Guigang (Nanjiang) |
頭 |
| Baise |
頭 |
| Bobai |
頭 |
| Lingshan |
頭 |
| Pubei |
頭 |
| Qinzhou |
頭 |
| Beihai |
頭 |
| Beihai (Nankang) |
頭殼 |
| Beihai (Yingpan) |
頭殼 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
頭 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
頭 |
| Ningming |
頭 |
| Hengzhou |
頭 |
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) |
頭 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
頭 |
| Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) |
頭 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
頭 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
頭 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
頭 |
| Móng Cái |
頭 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
頭, 腦蓋 |
| Lichuan |
頭, 腦 |
| Pingxiang |
腦殼 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
頭那 |
| Xingning |
頭那 |
| Dabu (Xihe) |
頭那 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
頭, 頭那, 頭殼 |
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Huiyang |
頭那 |
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
頭那 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
頭那 |
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) |
頭那 |
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
頭, 那殼 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
頭那 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
頭 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
頭那 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
頭那 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
頭那 |
| Wuhua (Meilin) |
頭那 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
頭, 頭那 |
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) |
頭那 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) |
頭, 頭那 |
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) |
頭那 |
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) |
頭那 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) |
頭那 |
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) |
頭, 頭那 |
| Wengyuan |
頭那 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
頭那 |
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) |
頭, 頭那 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) |
頭那, 頭 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
頭那 |
| Liannan |
頭 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
頭 |
| Jiexi |
頭那 |
| Luhe |
頭那 |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) |
頭那 |
| Changting |
頭那 |
| Wuping |
頭那 |
| Wuping (Yanqian) |
頭那 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
頭那 |
| Liancheng |
頭那 |
| Ninghua |
腦殼 |
| Yudu |
頭, 腦蓋, 腦殼 |
| Ningdu |
腦蓋 |
| Ruijin |
腦蓋, 頭那殼 |
| Shicheng |
腦蓋, 腦殼 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
腦蓋 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
頭那 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
腦蓋 |
| Dayu |
腦骨窠 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
頭那 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
頭那 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
頭那 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
頭那 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
頭那 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
頭那 |
| Hong Kong |
頭那 |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) |
頭 |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) |
頭殼 |
| Xinyi (Sihe) |
頭 |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) |
頭 |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) |
頭殼 |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) |
頭殼 |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) |
頭殼 |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) |
頭殼 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
頭腦 |
| Luchuan |
頭殼 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
頭 |
| Bobai (Shahe) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Beiliu (Tang'an) |
頭那 |
| Mashan (Pianlian) |
頭那 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
頭那 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) |
頭那 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
頭那 |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) |
頭 |
| Singkawang |
頭那 |
| Singapore (Meixian) |
頭那 |
| Singapore (Dabu) |
頭那 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
頭, 腦殼 |
| Shexian |
頭, 頭腦殼 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
得腦, 頭, 腦袋, 乾骷髏 derogatory, 骷髏 derogatory |
| Pingyao |
得腦 |
| Yangyuan |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦瓜兒 |
| Datong |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Xinzhou |
得腦, 頭, 腦袋 |
| Lüliang (Lishi) |
腦袋, 腦袋瓜兒, 腦 |
| Changzhi |
頭, 腦袋, 得腦 |
| Taibus (Baochang) |
頭 |
| Linhe |
頭, 腦袋, 得腦 |
| Jining |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Hohhot |
頭, 腦袋, 得腦 |
| Baotou |
腦袋 |
| Dongsheng |
頭 |
| Haibowan |
腦袋 |
| Erenhot |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Pingshan |
頭, 腦袋瓜兒 |
| Zhangjiakou |
頭, 腦袋 |
| Handan |
頭, 腦袋, 腦袋瓜子 |
| Linzhou |
頭, 得腦哦 |
| Suide |
頭, 腦 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
頭 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
頭 |
| Songxi |
頭 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
頭 |
| Jianyang |
頭 |
| Wuyishan |
腦殼 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
頭 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
頭, 頭腦, 頭首 |
| Lianjiang |
頭 |
| Fuqing |
頭 |
| Gutian |
頭 |
| Pingnan |
頭 |
| Fu'an |
頭 |
| Ningde |
頭子 |
| Xiapu |
頭 |
| Shouning |
頭 |
| Zhouning |
頭 |
| Fuding |
頭 |
| Matsu |
頭, 頭首 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
頭殼 |
| Quanzhou |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Jinjiang |
頭殼 |
| Hui'an |
頭殼 |
| Anxi |
頭殼 |
| Yongchun |
頭殼 |
| Dehua |
頭殼 |
| Zhangzhou |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) |
頭殼 |
| Hua'an |
頭殼 |
| Pinghe |
頭殼 |
| Zhangpu |
頭殼 |
| Yunxiao |
頭碗 |
| Zhao'an |
頭殼 |
| Dongshan |
頭 |
| Taipei |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) |
頭殼 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Kaohsiung |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Yilan |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Taichung |
頭殼 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
頭殼 |
| Tainan |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Taitung |
頭殼 |
| Hsinchu |
頭殼 |
| Kinmen |
頭殼 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
頭殼 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Longyan |
頭殼 |
| Datian |
頭殼 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
頭 |
| Chaozhou |
頭殼 |
| Shantou |
頭殼, 頭, 腦殼 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
頭殼 |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Jieyang |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Lufeng |
頭殼 |
| Haifeng |
頭, 頭殼, 頭殼顱 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
頭 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
頭 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
頭 |
| Batam (Teochew) |
頭 |
| Leizhou |
頭, 頭顱, 殼升 |
| Wenchang |
頭 |
| Haikou |
頭顱, 頭殼 |
| Qionghai |
頭, 頭顱 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
頭 |
| Xianyou |
頭 |
| Fuding (Aoyao) |
頭殼 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
頭殼, 頭 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
頭殼 |
| Sanming (Shaxian) |
頭殼 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
頭殼 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
頭, 頭殼 |
| Nanning (Xinxu) |
頭 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
頭 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
頭, 腦袋, 頭骷顱, 骷顱頭 often derogatory, 骷郎頭 often derogatory |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
頭爿 |
| Suzhou |
頭, 骷郎頭, 六斤四兩 |
| Danyang |
頭, 腦袋瓜, 頭骷郎 |
| Hangzhou |
頭, 腦頭瓜 |
| Ningbo |
骷顱頭, 骷郎頭, 頭, 骷顱頭甏 derogatory, 骷顱頭瓶 derogatory, 六斤四兩 humorous |
| Wenzhou |
頭, 六斤四 secret |
| Jinhua |
頭, 葫粒頭 humorous |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
腦殼 |
| Xiangxiang |
腦殼 |
| Loudi |
腦殼 |
| Shuangfeng |
腦殼 |
| Hengyang |
腦殼 |
| Quanzhou |
腦殼 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua |
Jiangyong |
腦牯 |
