| 越侨 | yue4 qiao2 | Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China) |
| 鮨科 | qi2 ke1 | the grouper family |
| 鹃形目 | juan1 xing2 mu4 | Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo |
| 驰龙科 | chi2 long2 ke1 | Dromaeosauridae (dinosaur family including velociraptor) |
| 训诂学 | xun4 gu3 xue2 | study of classic texts, including interpretation, glossaries and commentaries |
| 七大工业国集团 | qi1 da4 gong1 ye4 guo2 ji2 tuan2 | G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
| 亚欧大陆腹地 | ya4 ou1 da4 lu4 fu4 di4 | Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang) |
| 刺丝胞动物 | ci4 si1 bao1 dong4 wu4 | Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 刺胞动物 | ci4 bao1 dong4 wu4 | Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 国家重点学科 | guo2 jia1 zhong4 dian3 xue2 ke1 | Truncated - click through for definition |
| 安息香科 | an1 xi1 xiang1 ke1 | Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin |
| 工业七国集团 | gong1 ye4 qi1 guo2 ji2 tuan2 | G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) |
| 微小病毒科 | wei1 xiao3 bing4 du2 ke1 | small RNA virus |