| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 阿拉伯數字 | 阿拉伯数字 | Ā lā bó shù zì | Arabic numerals |
| 按照字面 | àn zhào zì miàn | literally | |
| 八字 | bā zì | character 8; Eight Characters | |
| 白紙黑字 | 白纸黑字 | bái zhǐ hēi zì | (written) in black and white |
| 白字 | bái zì | wrongly written and mispronounced character | |
| 本字 | běn zì | (ling.) original character | |
| 筆劃檢字表 | 笔划检字表 | bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo | look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count |
| 編碼字符集 | 编码字符集 | biān mǎ zì fú jí | coded character set |
| 表意文字 | biǎo yì wén zì | ideograph; ideographical writing system | |
| 別字 | 别字 | bié zì | mispronounced or wrongly written character |
| 不一致字 | bù yī zhì zì | inconsistent phonogram(s) | |
| 赤字 | chì zì | (financial) deficit | |
| 錯別字 | 错别字 | cuò bié zì | misspelling |
| 錯字 | 错字 | cuò zì | incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text) |
| 打字 | dǎ zì | to type | |
| 打字機 | 打字机 | dǎ zì jī | typewriter |
| 打字員 | 打字员 | dǎ zì yuán | typist |
| 大字報 | 大字报 | dà zì bào | big-character poster |
| 單一合體字 | 单一合体字 | dān yī hé tǐ zì | unique compound |
| 單字 | 单字 | dān zì | individual character; separate character |
| 多字節 | 多字节 | duō zì jié | mulitbyte |
| 繁體字 | 繁体字 | fán tǐ zì | (n) traditional Chinese characters |
| 非數字 | 非数字 | fēi shù zì | non-numeric |
| 國語羅馬字 | 国语罗马字 | guó yǔ luó mǎ zì | gwoyeu romatzyh |
| 漢字 | 汉字 | Hàn zì | Chinese character, kanji |
| 合體字 | 合体字 | hé tǐ zì | compound character, combined character |
| 紅十字會 | 红十字会 | hóng shí zì huǐ | Red Cross |
| 會意字 | 会意字 | huì yì zì | associative compounds |
| 吉薩金字塔 | 吉萨金字塔 | Jí sà jīn zì tǎ | Great Pyramid of Giza |
| 假借字 | jiǎ jiè zì | loan character | |
| 簡化字 | 简化字 | jiǎn huà zì | simplified Chinese character |
| 簡體字 | 简体字 | jiǎn tǐ zì | (n) simplified Chinese character |
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid | |
| 絕對數字 | 绝对数字 | jué duì shù zì | absolute (as opposed to relative) number |
| 口語字詞識別 | 口语字词识别 | kǒu yǔ zì cí shí bié | recognition of spoken word |
| 拉丁字母 | Lā dīng zì mǔ | Latin alphabet | |
| 例外字 | lì wài zì | exception(s) | |
| 連字符號 | 连字符号 | lián zì fú hào | hyphen |
| 羅馬字母 | 罗马字母 | luó má zì mǔ | Roman letters; Roman alphabet |
| 羅馬數字 | 罗马数字 | Luó mǎ shù zì | Roman numerals |
| 馬爾他十字 | 马尔他十字 | Mǎ ěr tā Shí zì | Maltese cross |
| 碼字 | 码字 | mǎ zì | numeral; digit; counter |
| 玫瑰十字會 | 玫瑰十字会 | Méi guī Shí zì huì | Rosicrucian |
| 名字 | míng zi | (a person's) name | |
| 南十字座 | nán shí zì zuò | Southern Cross | |
| 拼音文字 | pīn yīn wén zì | alphabet | |
| 拼字 | pīn zì | spelling | |
| 簽字 | 签字 | qiān zì | to sign (a signature) |
| 千字節 | 千字节 | qiān zì jié | kilobyte |
| 淺層文字 | 浅层文字 | qiǎn céng wén zì | shallow orthography |
| 淺層正字法 | 浅层正字法 | qiǎn céng zhèng zì fǎ | shallow orthography |
| 三字經 | 三字经 | Sān Zì Jīng | Three Character Classic |
| 深層文字 | 深层文字 | shēn céng wén zì | deep orthography |
| 深層正字法 | 深层正字法 | shēn céng zhèng zì fǎ | deep orthography |
| 生字 | shēng zì | (n) an unfamiliar word or character | |
| 聖十字省 | 圣十字省 | shèng shí zì shěng | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship |
| 十字 | shí zì | cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten | |
| 識字 | 识字 | shí zì | to learn to read |
| 十字架 | shí zì jià | cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure | |
| 十字軍 | 十字军 | shí zì jūn | crusaders; army of crusaders; the Crusades |
| 十字路口 | shí zì lù kǒu | crossroads; intersection | |
| 十字形 | shí zì xíng | cruciform; cross shape | |
| 數字 | 数字 | shù zì | number; figure; amount; digital (electronics, etc); numeral; digit |
| 數字電路 | 数字电路 | shù zì diàn lù | digital circuit |
| 數字電視 | 数字电视 | shù zì diàn shì | digital television |
| 數字訂購線路 | 数字订购线路 | shù zì dìng gòu xiàn lù | digital subscriber line; DSL |
| 數字身份 | 数字身份 | shù zì shēn fèn | digital identity |
| 數字通信 | 数字通信 | shù zì tōng xìn | digital communications |
| 數字網 | 数字网 | shù zì wǎng | digital network |
| 數字信號 | 数字信号 | shù zì xìn hào | digital signal |
| 探測字 | 探测字 | tàn cè zì | probe (character) |
| 題字 | 题字 | tí zì | inscription; autograph |
| 通用字元組 | 通用字元组 | tōng yòng zì yuán zǔ | Universal character set (UCS) |
| 同義字 | 同义字 | tóng yì zì | synonym |
| 外八字腿 | wài bā zì tuǐ | (n) bowed legs; bandy legs | |
| 文字 | wén zì | character | |
| 文字檔 | 文字档 | wén zì dàng | text file |
| 希臘字母 | 希腊字母 | xī là zì mǔ | Greek alphabet |
| 西裡爾字母 | 西里尔字母 | xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ | Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters |
| 香港紅十字會 | 香港红十字会 | Xiāng Gǎng Hóng Shí zì huì | Hong Kong Red Cross |
| 相同名字 | xiāng tóng míng zì | like-named; having the same name | |
| 象形文字 | xiàng xíng wén zì | pictogram | |
| 象形字 | xiàng xíng zì | pictograph, hieroglyph | |
| 小寫字母 | 小写字母 | xiǎo xiě zì mǔ | lowercase (letters) |
| 楔形文字 | xiē xíng wén zì | cuneiform (Babylonian script) | |
| 寫字台 | 写字台 | xiě zì tái | (n) writing desk |
| 新華字典 | 新华字典 | Xīn huá Zì diǎn | Xinhua Zidian |
| 形聲字 | 形声字 | xíng shēng zì | phonogram, picto-phonetic character(s) |
| 一致字 | yī zhì zì | consistent phonogram(s) | |
| 異體字 | 异体字 | yì tǐ zì | variant Chinese character |
| 用字 | yòng zì | diction | |
| 越南國語字 | 越南国语字 | Yuè nán guó yǔ zì | Vietnamese alphabet |
| 早期西裡爾字母 | 早期西里尔字母 | zǎo qī Xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ | early Cyrillic alphabet |
| 正字法規則 | 正字法规则 | zhèng zì fǎ guī zé | orthographic rule |
| 正字法階段 | 正字法阶段 | zhèng zì fǎ jiē duàn | orthographic stage |
| 正字法空間 | 正字法空间 | zhèng zì fǎ kōng jiān | orthographic space |
| 正字法模式 | zhèng zì fǎ mó shì | orthographic pattern | |
| 指令名字 | zhǐ lìng míng zì | command name | |
| 指事字 | zhǐ shì zì | self-explanatory characters | |
| 中華大字典 | 中华大字典 | Zhōng huá Dà zì diǎn | Zhonghua Da Zidian |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word | |
| 字輩 | 字辈 | zì bèi | generation name |
| 字串 | zì chuàn | character string | |
| 字典 | zì diǎn | dictionary; character dictionary | |
| 字段 | zì duàn | (numeric, data) field | |
| 字符串 | zì fú chuàn | string (computer science) | |
| 字根合體字 | 字根合体字 | zì gēn hé tǐ zì | stem compound |
| 字彙 | 字汇 | zì huì | (computer) character repertoire; glossary, lexicon |
| 字彙判斷任務 | 字汇判断任务 | zì huì pàn duàn rèn wù | character decision task |
| 字集 | zì jí | character set | |
| 字節 | 字节 | zì jié | byte |
| 字節數 | 字节数 | zì jié shù | byte count |
| 字碼 | 字码 | zì mǎ | character code |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet) | |
| 字母順序概率 | 字母顺序概率 | zì mǔ shùn xù gài lǜ | probability of letter sequences |
| 字幕 | zì mù | caption | |
| 字首 | zì shǒu | prefix | |
| 字素 | zì sù | grapheme | |
| 字體 | 字体 | zì tǐ | font |
| 字帖 | zì tiè | copybook (for calligraphy) | |
| 字圖 | 字图 | zì tú | glyph |
| 字尾 | zì wěi | suffix | |
| 字型 | zì xíng | font | |
| 字形 | zì xíng | glyph | |
| 字眼 | zì yǎn | (n) wording | |
| 字元 | zì yuán | (computer) character (tw) | |
| 字元集 | zì yuán jí | character set | |
| 字斟句酌 | zì zhēn jù zhuó | weighing every word |
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